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CHIDING
chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing
(noun) rebuking a person harshly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
chiding
present participle of chide
Noun
chiding (plural chidings)
A scolding.
Anagrams
• diching
Source: Wiktionary
CHIDE
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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