chiding
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chiding
- /ˈt͡ʃaɪdɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of chide
noun chidings
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A scolding.
The cause I never knew; one would have thought the knowledge of the guilt and misery which followed his former career, and above all the chidings of a wife whom he loved would have deterred him; […]
Similar: berating, browbeating, rixation, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, dressing down, going over, jawing, lecture
adjective more chiding · most chiding
- Reproachful; critical. it is better to dwell in a desert Desolate country, than in a house with a chiding and an angry wife.
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title = {chiding},
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