chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
chider
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a word derived from
chide.
Example Sentences
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Ever and anon the great chider would burst forth in oratory, belaboring the Republicans —regular and insurgent—making the galleries laugh.
From Time Magazine Archive
By Allah, O my chider for my sister leave, ah! leave * My heart to moan its grief and feel the woes befitting me.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But ye gaze, laugh, and greet the gruff chider, with mocks.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 by Various
The energy with which this reproof, though severe, was begun denoted what self-flattery might well have construed into affection; for it proved the interest the lovely chider took in the rectitude of my conduct.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
