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verb

Chide v. t. (past & past part. chided; pres. part. chiding or chidden)

To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. "Upbraided, chid, and rated at."

Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against. "The sea that chides the banks of England."

To chide hither, To chide from, or To chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

Synonyms: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.

Chide v. i. (past & past part. chided; pres. part. chiding or chidden)

To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. "Wherefore the people did chide with Moses."

To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. "As doth a rock againts the chiding flood."

noun

Chide n. A continuous noise or murmur. "The chide of streams."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chide" Quotes from Famous Books

... if she resented her daughter being left when her adored boys had been taken from her. Bess never knew how she would be received, for sometimes her mother would seem unable to bear her presence, and at other times would unreasonably chide her for neglect. It began to dawn on Ingred how very lonely her friend must be. She had secretly envied her the possession of Rotherwood, but now she realized how little the house itself would mean without the ...

— A Popular Schoolgirl • Angela Brazil

... Powers whose rule is set above These fair abodes that ring the firmament, Spirits of Peace and Happiness and Love, And thou, too, mild-eyed Spirit of Content, Ye will not chide if sometimes in her play The child should start and droop her shining head, Turning in meek surmise Her wistful eyes Back tow'rd the dimness of our mortal day And the loved home from which her soul was sped. Soon shall our little ...

— The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch • R. C. Lehmann

... the Master said, I do not speak of what is ended, chide what is settled, or find fault ...

— The Sayings Of Confucius • Confucius

... Sully, struggling for bread in the fish-ponds of the palace of Fontainebleau. The whigs of this time were men of intellectual refinement; they had a genuine regard for good government, and a decent faith in reform; but when we chide the selfishness of machine politicians hunting office in modern democracy, let us console ourselves by recalling the rapacity of our oligarchies. 'It is melancholy,' muses Sir James Graham this Christmas in his journal, 'to see how little fitness for ...

— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) - 1809-1859 • John Morley

... to Sylvia with a gesture of courage and good cheer. The look, the act, the memories they brought her, made her heart ache with a sharper pang than pity, and filled her eyes with tears of impotent regret, as she turned her head as if to chide the blithe clamor of the horn. When she looked again, the figure and the sunshine were both gone, leaving her ...

— Moods • Louisa May Alcott

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