chid-den

verb (used with object)

to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.

to harass, nag, impel, or the like by chiding: She chided him into apologizing.

verb (used without object)

to scold or reproach; find fault.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English chiden, Old English cīdan

Related forms

chid·er, noun

chid·ing·ly, adverb

out·chide, verb (used with object), out·chid·ed or out·chid, out·chid·ed or out·chid or out·chid·den, out·chid·ing.

un·chid, adjective

un·chid·den, adjective

un·chid·ed, adjective

un·chid·ing, adjective

un·chid·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1, 3. reprove, rebuke, censure, upbraid, blame.

Antonyms
1, 3. praise.

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chide (tʃaɪd)

—vb , chides, chiding, chided, chid, chided, chid, chidden
1.	to rebuke or scold
2.	(tr) to goad into action

[Old English cīdan]

'chider

—n

'chidingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

chide

c.1175, "scold, nag, rail," originally intransitive, from O.E. cidan "quarrel." Only in English.

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