chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
chidden
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past participleof chide.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Example Sentences
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Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Then he turned his face to her like a chidden child, and she spoke to him no more.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
It was for this that His followers had chidden her.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
Like a child, chidden for some uncomprehended fault, he looked at her, distressed at her condemnation, anxious to atone, wondering if his senses told him true.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
This will show him—should you beat him, you would confuse his ideas—that he is chidden for not paying attention to the whistle.
From The Dog by Dinks
