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CHIDE (chid, chidden)
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, chidden Dictionary entry overview: What does chide mean?
• CHIDE (verb)
The verb CHIDE has 1 sense:
1. censure severely or angrily
Familiarity information: CHIDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it chides Past simple: chid
/ chidded / chided Past participle: chid
/ chidden / chided -ing form: chiding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Censure severely or angrily
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
lambast; trounce; take to task; scold; reprimand; remonstrate; rebuke; rag; lecture; lambaste; bawl out; jaw; have words; dress down; chide; chew up; chew out; call on the carpet; call down; berate
Context example:
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Hypernyms (to "chide" is one way to...):
criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chide"):
castigate; chasten; chastise; correct; objurgate (censure severely)
brush down; tell off (reprimand)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
chiding (rebuking a person harshly)
Context examples
"When thou hast shown the way, Negore," she chided him; but her eyes were soft, and warm, and he knew she looked upon him as woman had never looked before.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"But you didn't accept father's invitation," she chided.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Would he cast him off in disgrace, or might he chide him as having abused the shelter of his roof?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“Don’t be a glutton, Humphrey,” Maud chided me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She gently chid me for being rude; and, keeping me close to her shawl, turned to thank the gentleman for taking so much trouble as to bring her home.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Say, Henry," he chided gently, "ain't you forgot somethin'?"
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"You're gossiping like a pair of beldames," she chided them.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"But you're looking for a bed just the same," Martin chided, "and it's a cold night."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“You’d better get on your course, then,” I chided.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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