chide

[US]/tʃaɪd/
[UK]/tʃaɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. scold; reprimand
vi. reprimand; scold

Example Sentences

He chided her for carelessness.

chided the boy for his sloppiness.

she chided him for not replying to her letters.

His father chided him for being late.

He gently chides his students every time they misspelled a word.

he chided Dennis for his disinterest in anything that is not his own idea.

From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression;

Real-world Examples

" You'd better get on your course, then, " I chided.

Source: Sea Wolf (Volume 1)

" You are. You are chiding me" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

This was a poor message, AdWeek chided, at a time when " hustle culture feels downright toxic."

Source: New York Times

After I confided, I was derided and chided, my moms and I collided.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

Ah, they chide sceptical journalists, but you haven't considered our organisers.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" You are not kind, my prince, " Ser Rodrik chided gently.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

'Faint heart! ' she chided him. 'Draw your sword, Knight, and help us reach our goal! '

Source: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

When Mr Harper visited China in 2009, his hosts chided him for waiting almost four years before coming.

Source: The Economist - International

The epidemiologist was an early proponent of face masks and chided the Australian government's slow procurement of vaccines.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2023

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