chide

[chahyd]

verb (used with object), chid·ed or chid [chid] /tʃɪd/, chid·ed or chid or chid·den [chid-n] /ˈtʃɪd n/, chid·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), chid·ed or chid [chid] /tʃɪd/, chid·ed or chid or chid·den [chid-n] /ˈtʃɪd n/, chid·ing.

to scold or reproach; find fault.

Origin of chide

before 1000; Middle English chiden, Old English cīdan

Related formschid·er, nounchid·ing·ly, adverbout·chide, 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, adjectiveun·chid·den, adjectiveun·chid·ed, adjectiveun·chid·ing, adjectiveun·chid·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for chide

1, 3. reprove, rebuke, censure, upbraid, blame.

Antonyms for chide

1, 3. praise.

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Related Words for chidden

rebuke, scold, censure, berate, blame, admonish, upbraid, castigate, reprimand, reproach, condemn, reprehend, flay, rate, reprove, check, monish, lesson

Examples from the Web for chidden

Historical Examples of chidden

And I was chidden for setting you against complying with your father's will.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
You have chidden me, and again will, I doubt not, for the liberties I take with some of your relations.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
When she had announced her choice of a day, they had chidden her.
Bride of the Mistletoe
James Lane Allen
Love brooded above and around him—timid, chidden, but absolute, adoring.
Southern Lights and Shadows
Various
Speak when ye're spoken to, do what ye're bidden, come when ye're ca'd, an' ye'll no be chidden.
The Proverbs of Scotland
Alexander Hislop

British Dictionary definitions for chidden

chide

verb chides, chiding, chided, chid, chided, chid or chidden

to rebuke or scold

(tr) to goad into action

Derived Formschider, nounchidingly, adverb

Word Origin for chide

Old English cīdan

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Word Origin and History for chidden

chide

late 12c., "scold, nag, rail," originally intransitive, from Old English cidan "to contend, quarrel, complain." Not found outside Old English (though Liberman says it is "probably related to OHG *kîdal 'wedge,'" with a sense evolution from "brandishing sticks" to "scold, reprove"). Past tense, past participle can be chided or chid or even (past participle) chidden (Shakespeare used it); present participle is chiding.