CHIDE

Etymology

Verb

chide (third-person singular simple present chides, present participle chiding, simple past chided or chode or chid, past participle chided or chidden or chid)

(transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

(intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

(ambitransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Synonyms

• See also reprehend

Anagrams

• chedi

Source: Wiktionary


Chide, v. t. Etym: [imp. Chid, or Chode (Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.] Etym: [AS. cidan; of unknown origin.]

1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.

2. Fig.: To be noise 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.

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.

Chide, n. Etym: [AS. cid]

Definition: A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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