chide
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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to rebuke or scold
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(tr) to goad into action
Other Word Forms
- chider noun
- chidingly adverb
- outchide verb (used with object)
- unchid adjective
- unchidden adjective
- unchided adjective
- unchiding adjective
- unchidingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of chide
before 1000; Middle English chiden, Old English cīdan
Example Sentences
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There’s Charles Foster Kane, an extremely rich, crusading newspaper owner who is chided by a friend for losing more than a million dollars a year.
From Salon
The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.
Despite the chiding words, her face was still and calm.
From Literature
Gigi now starts each video chiding commentators who accuse her of being AI.
From BBC
He started reading the Harry Potter books on top of his historical biographies and conservative magazines, and chided me for acting like I was too cool for Hogwarts.
From Salon
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