chide

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chide

/ t͡ʃaɪd/
/t͡ʃɛɪd/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

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”).

verb chides · chiding · chid · chided · chode

literary, transitive To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. Valentine: Well, you’ll still be too forward. Speed: And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.
intransitive, obsolete To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. 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?
ambitransitive, obsolete To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. Where is he living, clipp’d in with the sea That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales, Which calls me pupil, or hath read to me?

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verb loudly admonish

Español	reprender, reprehender, increpar, cafetear
한국어	꾸짖다 kkujitda
日本語	窘める tashinameru
中文	呵斥 hēchì, 喝叱 hēchì, 責罵 /责骂 zémà
Português	ralhar
Français	réprimander
Deutsch	schelten
Italiano	rimproverare
Ελληνικά	μαλώνω malóno
Română	mustra, certa
Русский	руга́ть rugátʹ, брани́ть branítʹ, распека́ть raspekátʹ, бичева́ть bičevátʹ, упрека́ть uprekátʹ
Tiếng Việt	mắng
العربية	قَرَّعَ qarraʕa, وَبَّخَ wabbaḵa

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@misc{chide_2026,
  title = {chide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}