chide
/tʃʌɪd
/verb (past chided or archaic chid /tʃɪd/; past participle chided or archaic chidden /ˈtʃɪd(ə)n/) [with object]
Scold or rebuke: she chided him for not replying to her letters [with direct speech]: ‘Now, now,’ he chided...
- One guy in a pickup pulls over and chides them for criticizing Wal-Mart.
- He gently chided the organizers of another event, where he gave his talk in front of an empty wall.
- I gently chided her for leaving me to face this cancer on my own.
Synonyms
scold, chastise, upbraid, berate, castigate, lambaste, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, remonstrate with, lecture, criticize, censure;
call to account, take to task, pull up, go on at, read someone the Riot Act, haul someone over the coals, give someone a piece of one's mind
informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a talking-to, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap, rap over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, let someone have it, send someone away with a flea in their ear, bawl out, give someone hell, come down on, blow up at, pitch into, lay into, lace into, tear into, give someone a caning, put on the mat, slap down, blast, rag, keelhaul
British informal tick off, have a go at, carpet, monster, give someone a mouthful, tear someone off a strip, give someone what for, give someone some stick, wig, give someone a wigging, give someone a row, row
North American informal chew out, ream out, take to the woodshed
British vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking
North American vulgar slang chew someone's ass, ream someone's ass
dated call down, rate, give someone a rating, trim
rare reprehend, objurgate
Derivatives
chider
- The High Bailiff shall make a stool and mend the pillory to punish chiders and scolders by Christmas.
- They may chide occasionally but this is done from the perspective of the chidee rather than the chider.
- The flock of chiders, complainers, carpers, cavilers, and castigators makes it harder and harder to get an optimistic note in edgewise.
chiding
- I put emphasis on the word fun, twisting it so that it sounded chiding and sarcastic.
- I could be the chiding uncle, who turns up at the right time, brings educational presents, and tutors the boy on the correct way to do everything.
- He walked by the door and heard his father's chiding voice in his head, ‘Remember to check the door for heat, no matter what.’
chidingly
- At his expression of surprise, Celeste walked away from him and paced the room, saying chidingly to herself, ‘I know it's a big request and it's probably the worst thing I could ask especially since I have three kids.’
- ‘Kate,’ she would say chidingly, ‘You're so serious, so solemn for your age.’
- He spoke chidingly, ‘Now darling, I've told you that I don't want anything I tell you to color your memory.’
Origin
Old English cīdan, of unknown origin.