chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
had chidden
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past perfectof chide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When she had announced her choice of a day, they had chidden her.
From Bride of the Mistletoe by James Lane Allen
It was for this that His followers had chidden her.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
He thought of her as she had come to distribute words of comfort, binding up the wounds of the afflicted, giving meat to the hungry; though her stern husband had chidden her for it.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken
She asked permission to accompany them; but with a frown Hildebrand Wentworth had chidden her from his presence.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
Lucina remembered Elmira well enough, and had thought she remembered Jerome since last Sunday, when her father, calling to mind their frequent meetings in years back, had chidden her lightly for not speaking to him.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
