About The Word Chide
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Chide
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What's The Definition Of Chide?
[v] censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
Synonyms | Synonyms for Chide: bawl out | berate | chew out | chew up | dress down | have words | jaw | lambast | lambaste | lecture | rag | rebuke | remonstrate | reprimand | reproof | scold | trounce Related Terms | Find terms related to Chide: admonish | berate | bring to book | call down | call to account | chastise | correct | have words with | lecture | lesson | objurgate | rate | rebuke | reprehend | reprimand | reproach | reprove | scold | set down | set straight | spank | straighten out | take down | take to task | tick off | upbraid See Also | brush down | castigate | chasten | chastise | correct | criticise | criticize | objurgate | pick apart | tell off Chide In Webster's Dictionary \Chide\ (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Chid} (ch[i^]d), or
{Chode} (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. {Chidden}, {Chid}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chiding}.] [AS. c[=i]dan; of unknown origin.]
1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England. --Shak.
{To} {chide hither, chide from, or chide away}, to cause to
come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach;
reprehend; reprimand.
\Chide\, v. i. 1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. --Ex. xvii. 2. 2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. --Shak. \Chide\, n. [AS. c[=i]d] A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. --Thomson. |
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