verb

(of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on.

the director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops

subdue,humble,cow,squash,deflate,flatten,bring down,bring low,take down a peg or two,humiliate,mortify,restrain,tame,curb,check,cut down to size,put down,put someone in their place,settle someone’s hash