chide

Meaning

1. (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
3. (ambitransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Synonyms

scold

rebuke

reprove

reprimand

berate

reproach

censure

admonish

blame

dress down

upbraid

call down

lecture

lambaste

jaw

reproof

bawl out

rag

chew up

revile

remonstrate

have words

abuse

call on the carpet

rate

take to task

criticize

trounce

lambast

chew out

chastise

fulminate

objurgate

expostulate

drub

disapprove

bullyrag

denounce

decry

brush down

darn

rail

bring up

be after

ban

nag

condemn

moral

miscall

comb

Translations

schelten

regañar

reprender

réprimander

repreender

criticare

μαλώνω

schimpfen

tadeln

rimproverare

beknorren

berispen

censurar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ t͡ʃaɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chiden

Inherited from Old English: ċīdan

Cognate with German: kiden

Cognate with Old High German: kīdal

In summary

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”).