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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chide \Chide\, verb (used without an object)
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chide \Chide\, noun [AS. c[=i]d] A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide of streams. --Thomson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chide \Chide\ (ch[imac]d), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Chid} (ch[i^]d), or {Chode} (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. {Chidden}, {Chid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiding}.] [AS. c[=i]dan; of unknown origin.]
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 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chide
verb: 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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}] [also: {chidden}, {chid}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "chide": admonish, berate, bring to book, call down, call to account, chastise, correct, have words with, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, tick off, upbraid
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