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chide

Audio Help [chahyd] Pronunciation Key verb, chid·ed or chid

Audio Help [chid] Pronunciation Key, chid·ed or chid or chid·den

Audio Help [chid-n] Pronunciation Key, chid·ing.

–verb (used with object)

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

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

–verb (used without object)

3.	to scold or reproach; find fault.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME chiden, OE cīdan

]

—Related forms

chider, noun

chid·ing·ly, adverb

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

—Antonyms 1, 3. praise.

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chide Audio Help   (chīd) Pronunciation Key
v.   chid·ed or chid (chĭd), chid·ed or chid or chid·den (chĭd'n), chid·ing, chides

v.   tr.
To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand: chided the boy for his sloppiness.

v.   intr.
To express disapproval.

[Middle English chiden, from Old English cīdan, from cīd, strife, contention.]

chid'er n., chid'ing·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
chide

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

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chide
verb
censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
chide [tʃaid] verb

to scold

Arabic:	يُوَبِّخ، يُعَنِّف
Chinese (Simplified):	责骂
Chinese (Traditional):	責罵
Czech:	hubovat, peskovat
Danish:	skælde ud
Dutch:	berispen
Estonian:	sõitlema
Finnish:	sättiä
French:	gronder
German:	schelten
Greek:	κατσαδιάζω
Hungarian:	szid
Icelandic:	skamma
Indonesian:	mencela, mencaci
Italian:	rimproverare

Japanese:	叱る
Korean:	꾸짖다
Latvian:	rāt; bārt
Lithuanian:	barti
Norwegian:	skjenne på, irettesette
Polish:	besztać
Portuguese (Brazil):	repreender
Portuguese (Portugal):	repreender
Romanian:	a certa
Russian:	бранить
Slovak:	papuľovať
Slovenian:	grajati
Swedish:	banna, gräla på
Turkish:	azarlamak, paylamak, çıkışmak

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Chide

Chide\ (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Chid (ch[i^]d), or Chode (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.] [AS. c[=i]dan; of unknown origin.]

1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

Upbraided, chid, and rated at. --Shak.

2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.

The sea that chides the banks of England. --Shak.

To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.

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Chide

Chide\, v. i. 1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. --Ex. xvii. 2.

2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. --Shak.