Definitions for chide
tʃaɪd; tʃɪd; ˈtʃɪd nchide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chideverb

   to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach

2. Etymology: ċīdan, of uncertain origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CHIDEverb

   preter. chid or chode, part. chid or chidden.

   Etymology: cidan, Sax.

   1. To reprove; to check; to correct with words: applied to persons.

   Chide him for faults, and do it reverently,
   When you perceive his blood inclin’d to mirth. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   If he do set
   The very wings of reason to his heels,
   And fly like chidden Mercury from Jove. William Shakespeare, Troil. & Cres.

   Those, that do teach your babes,
   Do it with gentle means, and easy tasks;
   He might have chid me so: for, in good faith,
   I am a child to chiding. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Scylla wept,
   And chid her barking waves into attention. John Milton.

   Above the waves as Neptune shew’d his face,
   To chide the winds, and save the Trojan race. Edmund Waller.

   You look, as if yon stern philosopher
   Had just now chid you. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   If any woman of better fashion in the parish happened to be absent from church, they were sure of a visit from him, to chide and to dine with her. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To drive away with reproof.

   Margaret my queen, and Clifford too,
   Have chid me from the battle. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   3. To blame; to reproach: applied to things.

   Winds murmur’d through the leaves your long delay,
   And fountains, o’er the pebbles, chid your stay. Dryden.

   I chid the folly of my thoughtless haste;
   For, the work perfected, the joy was past. Matthew Prior.

2. To Chideverb

   1. To clamour; to scold.

   What had he to do to chide at me. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   Next morn, betimes, the bride was missing:
   The mother scream’d, the father chid,
   Where can this idle wench be hid? Jonathan Swift.

   2. To quarrel with.

   The business of the state does him offence,
   And he does chide with you. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   3. To make a noise.

   My duty,
   As doth a rock against the chiding flood,
   Should the approach of this wild river break,
   And stand unshaken yours. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chide

   to rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with

2. Chide

   fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against

3. Chideverb

   to utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily

4. Chideverb

   to make a clamorous noise; to chafe

5. Chidenoun

   a continuous noise or murmur

6. Etymology: [AS. cd]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chide

   chīd, v.t. to scold, rebuke, reprove by words: to be noisy about, as the sea.—v.i. to make a snarling, murmuring sound, as a dog or trumpet:—pr.p. chid′ing; pa.t. chid, (obs.) chōde; pa.p. chid, chidd′en.—ns. Chid′er (Shak.), a quarrelsome person; Chid′ing, scolding. [A.S. cídan.]

Anagrams for chide »

1. chedi

How to pronounce chide?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chide in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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