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chide
[ chahyd ]
verb (used with object)
- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:
The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
Synonyms: blame, upbraid, censure, rebuke, reprove
Antonyms: praise
- to harass, nag, impel, or the like by chiding:
She chided him into apologizing.
chide
/ tʃaɪd /
verb
- to rebuke or scold
- tr to goad into action
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Derived Forms
- ˈchider, noun
- ˈchidingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- chider noun
- chiding·ly adverb
- outchide verb (used with object) outchided or outchid outchided or outchid or outchidden outchiding
- un·chid adjective
- un·chidden adjective
- un·chided adjective
- un·chiding adjective
- un·chiding·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chide1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chide1
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Example Sentences
Indeed, writers at prominent online media outlets chide us for “demeaning” vaccine-deniers, saying to do so “defies explanation.”
Few would chide a Turkish voter who puts protecting secularism higher on his agenda than foreign policy.
I almost went up to chide him, but who was I to do that, when I had done the same at other times?
Even McBrayer sent him a letter to chide him about the resemblance.
Our cars will chide us if we tailgate and watch us as we drive and jolt us awake if are distracted or drifting off to sleep.
Mrs Everett forebore to chide, so interested was she in learning if this confession would clear her from suspicion.
Then at last they slowly returned, unrebuked, for no man had the heart to chide their daring.
In anger, the king went to the door to chide the guards for having admitted a ragged Jew to his presence.
I chide her for bringing evil days upon us by talking to the sacred cats of the priests, and carrying them in her arms.
Orlando says to Jaques: ‘I will chide no breather in the world, but myself, against whom I know most faults.’
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