Chide

Definition of Chide

Pronunciation: chīd
v. t.1.To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at.
- Shak.
2.Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England.
- Shak.
To chide hither
to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
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.
n.1.A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide of streams.
- Thomson.

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berate, bring to book, call down, call to account, chastise, correct, have words with, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rate, reprehend, reproach, reprove, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, tick off, upbraid
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