chide
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
to harass, nag, impel, or the like by chiding: She chided him into apologizing.
to scold or reproach; find fault.
Origin of chide
1Other words for chide
Opposites for chide
Other words from chide
- chider, noun
- chid·ing·ly, adverb
- outchide, verb (used with object), out·chid·ed or out·chid, out·chid·ed or out·chid or out·chid·den, out·chid·ing.
- un·chid, adjective
- un·chid·den, adjective
- un·chid·ed, adjective
- un·chid·ing, adjective
- un·chid·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use chide in a sentence
Meanwhile, the other children, unchided, were making things lively in their own way.
Explorers of the Dawn | Mazo de la RocheHoratio sat on the stoop in his shirt-sleeves, unchided, or went for long hours to a beer-garden he had found near by.
One Woman's Life | Robert Herrick
British Dictionary definitions for chide
/ (tʃaɪd) /
to rebuke or scold
(tr) to goad into action
Origin of chide
1Derived forms of chide
- chider, noun
- chidingly, adverb
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