chide

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Old English ċīdan, of uncertain origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃaɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

[edit] Verb

to chide (third-person singular simple present chides, present participle chiding, simple past chid, chided, or chode, past participle chid, chided, or chidden)

1. to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach

   1591 And yet I was last chidden for being too slow. — Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 2, Scene 1.

   1598 If the scorn of your bright eyne

   Have power to raise such love in mine,

   Alack, in me what strange effect

   Would they work in mild aspect?

   Whiles you chid me, I did love — Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4 Scene 2.

   1611 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? — Genesis 31:36 KJV.

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• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: cdehi
• chedi