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verb
To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
censure severely or angrily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Narrower terms: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, tell off, brush down
History
From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”).
Across languages
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
