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Definition of Chide
1. Verb. Censure severely or angrily. "Sam cannot chide Sue "; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Specialized synonyms: Castigate, Chasten, Chastise, Correct, Objurgate, Brush Down, Tell Off
Generic synonyms: Criticise, Criticize, Knock, Pick Apart
Derivative terms: Chiding, Lecture, Rebuke, Rebuker, Reprimand, Reproof, Scolder, Scolding
Definition of Chide
1. v. t. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
2. v. i. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
3. n. A continuous noise or murmur.
Definition of Chide
1. Verb. to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chide
1. to scold [v CHIDED or CHID, CHIDDEN, CHIDING, CHIDES] - See also: scold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chide
Literary usage of Chide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by William Aldis Wright, Jonathan Eastwood (1884)
"If she do chide, 'tis not to have you gone. The business of the state does him
offence, And he does chide with you. Id. Othello, Iv. 2. 168. Chiding, sb. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"chide to them and their Canons, that they might be removed: Let the Order be,
That the Chief Governors may assist me in it"c. The Archbishop, the following ..."
3. English Lyrics by Alfred Austin (1890)
"I chide NOT AT THE SEASONS I chide not at the seasons, for if Spring With backward
look refuses to be fair, My Love still more than April makes me sing, ..."
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