CHIDING

chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing

(noun) rebuking a person harshly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

chiding

present participle of chide

Noun

chiding (plural chidings)

A scolding.

Anagrams

• diching

Source: Wiktionary

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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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