chide
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English ċīdan, of uncertain origin.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
chide (third-person singular simple present chides, present participle chiding, simple past chid, chided, or chode, past participle chid, chided, or chidden)
- 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.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:reprehend
[edit] Translations
loudly admonish
