chide

Verb

Synonyms: call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

censure severely or angrily“The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”“The deputy ragged the Prime Minister”“The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup”Synonyms: call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chide \Chide\ (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Chid (ch[i^]d), or Chode (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.] [AS. c[imac]dan; of unknown origin.]

1.To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. [1913 Webster]

Upbraided, chid, and rated at.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against. [1913 Webster]

The sea that chides the banks of England.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To chide hither, To chide from, or To chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand. [1913 Webster]

Chide \Chide\, v. i.

1.To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. [1913 Webster]

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses.— Ex. xvii. 2.[1913 Webster]

2.To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. [1913 Webster]

As doth a rock againts the chiding flood.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Chide \Chide\, n. [AS. c[imac]d] A continuous noise or murmur. [1913 Webster]

The chide of streams. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]