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
To be scolded and chidden, and told that she did not deserve such a true lover as Owen, was such happiness as she could not be grateful enough for!
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Some twenty of us, including the chidden, but wholly unabashed soldiers, went at it in line, and, after the manner of stone-faced banks, it grew very tall as we approached it.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
I am not a child that needs to be chidden with the rod or with harsh speeches; and my father's blood boils as fiercely in my veins as the blood of the Douglas in yours.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
He hung his head and stood before her in the deep humility of a chidden child.
From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit
