chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
have chid
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present perfectof chide.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Is all the council that we two have shared, the hours that we have spent, When we have chid the hasty-footed time For parting us—Oh! and is all forgot?
From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
Alas, I then have chid away my friend.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
Hitherto the impossible, the silly thought to be laughed out of her head, the desire for which she would have chid herself durst she have faced it seriously—was it become a very truth?
From The Nether World by George Gissing
SIR,—If it were the carrier's fault that you stayed so long for your letters, you are revenged, for I have chid him most unreasonably.
From The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 by Edward Abbott Parry
Just like my fortunes: I was run to that I purpos'd to have chid thee for.
From The Maids Tragedy by John Fletcher
