Chide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand: chided the boy for his sloppiness.
  • verb-intransitive. To express disapproval.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
  • v. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
  • n. A continuous noise or murmur.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To reprove; rebuke; reprimand; find fault with; blame; scold: as, to chide one for his faults; to chide one for his delay.
  • To find fault about; blame; reproach: applied to things: as, to chide one's own folly.
  • To strike by way of punishment or admonition.
  • To drive or impel by chiding.
  • Figuratively, to fret; chafe.
  • Synonyms To blame, censure, reproach, upbraid, reprimand.
  • To scold; find fault; contend in words of anger; wrangle; grumble; clamor.
  • Figuratively, to make a clamorous or murmuring noise.
  • To bay, as hounds in full cry.
  • n. A reproof; a rebuke.
  • n. A murmuring, complaining, or brawling sound.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. censure severely or angrily
  • Verb Form
    chided    chides    chiding   
    Variant
    chidden    chid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reproach    reprehend    reprimand    censure    reprove    rebuke    scold    blame    chafe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clyde    Eid    Hyde    Outside    Pride    Ride    Stateside    abide    allied    alongside