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Definition of chide:

  • (verb) censure severely or angrily | express severe disapproval

Sentence Examples:

Ah, useless chiding!

Chide, my angry dame!

In a chiding, motherly way.

She replied with girlish chiding.

Chided the tall chum, disdainfully.

Once there is chiding for ingratitude.

To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.

Do birds the tardy morning chide?

His tone was chiding and moody.

Then vex me not with chiding.

How he chided the drowsy steersman!

Chided the assistant still more delightfully.

Her great eyes chided him reproachfully.

She chided herself, hot with vexation.

Interrupted the recluse with grave chiding.

The older man chided him hotly.

He began to chide her, rather irritably.

Jeff shook a chiding finger at Pal.

Duty reasserted itself with a chiding sting.

"You naughty youngsters," chided their sister gently.

They chide me for my heedless ways.

"Love's young dream," chided Miss Becker coyly.

She even chided herself for feeling so depressed.

Let her not chide Poor penitence on knee.

No one chided them for such indecent blasphemy.

I could e'en laugh to hear Old Earthworm chide.

Do not chide me for entertaining an unfounded fancy.

He exclaimed, smiling and holding up a chiding hand.

Burke rejoined, in a voice that was genially chiding.

Brad did not chide his friend for carelessness.

The Sheriff was greatly embarrassed by her chiding.

Susannah went over and sat beside her, chiding indignantly.

I must not chide the young gentlemen so grievously.

The major shot a chiding glance at his compatriot.

Chided herself for being amused at his childlike earnestness.

What for should folk chide me and not auntie?'

It rather gratified them to be chided about the lady.

The man of affairs chided him with fatherly kindness.

"You're much too boisterous," she chided him, smiling happily.

Eileen, I am constantly obliged to chide you for your frivolity.

One day you were chided on the shortness of your stature.

"The goddess is too decorous for that," chided the maid.

"You must be quiet and not fret," chided the nurse.

Some I chide, others, unmindful of my admonitions, receive some blows.

Chide them for their frivolities and extravagances and vanities?

I chided myself for thinking John had been unduly agitated.

She chided, a roguish, half-serious expression flashing over her countenance.

Chided Anne laughingly, as she and Grace entered the camp.

"Don't try your damned hog-Latin on me," chided the lawyer.

Morrell began reproachfully to chide him with lack of diligence.

Obnoxious users, who exist in plenty, must be chided or purged.

There is now no need of chiding, reproving, watching, and restraining.

You may know them by their saucy, chiding, devil-may-care hum.

He was chiding it in Malay as if it were a fractious child.

Some present were chided, others were commended by their spiritual dictator.

You and my mother are always chiding me for my cheerfulness.

You chide me for my harshness, and, perhaps, with some reason.

The child perished; and its mother chides my tardy revenge.

"You are not a bit enthusiastic," in that pretty, imperious, chiding tone.

Penny did not chide her chum, though she was disappointed.

Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, scold at.

"Please do not take this lightly, mademoiselle," the detective chided gently.

Excitement brought the flush, disappointment or a chiding word banished it.

Her godmother laughed and chided her on having so little faith.

A brooding bird and restless young, Began to chide and fret.

"Avast, there, granny," interrupted another, who took the chiding to himself.

The pitch of the voice loud; the tone chiding, unequal, surly, vehement.

Yet, there was no one to chide Rich for his impetuous action.

I hear you briskly exclaiming, and chiding me for such childish feelings.

He muttered it in his usual grumpy voice, as if he were chiding Alexis.

For this great mercy, if they disobey, Myself will chide them.

Why do ye not scold and chide at them that rail at you?

For a few minutes she chided him for his unseemly aversion.

Francis for his self-denial or unduly chide him for his chastity.

Exclaimed the Ruler of Oz, in a gentle but chiding tone of voice.

History blushes to chide these veterans for shortcomings incidental to their age.

Soothe and quiet, before you chide, should there seem to be need for reproof.

The girls laughed and chided him for his wantonly cruel words.

His soul overflows with peace and equanimity even where he censures and chides.

He shook his head at her and began to chide in homely fashion.

Baldwin one day, not understanding, openly chided him for being so "glum."

"I could not help it," she said, when Napoleon jealously chided her.

He chided her harshly and sent her scampering back to her bed.

Then, turning to his disciples, he gently chided them for their unbelief.

Yet I think I loved him, for all his chiding and sharpness.

Chided Dave, smilingly, as he bent over, wagging a finger at the child.

Chide, bareheaded, and a group of doctors, gardeners, and police stood beside it.

I, in my infatuation, only thought that she chided me for my deceit.

A dog barked outdoors and was chided by some woman's elderly peevish voice.

Ruins are the voice of past ages chiding the present for its degeneracy.

I shall not chide you now that it turns your face to the fatherland.

We are smitten when we pray for a blessing, chided when desirous of comfort.

This was a most disquieting situation, and he chided himself for his stupidity.

She chided; but her voice was deliciously tender, and her eyes were love-lit.

He would perhaps have chided her simple, girlish folly, and have forgiven her.

He was imprisoned for chiding the emperor, and to escape death feigned madness.

Heretofore stars had advised or chided me privately, but, oh, dear, oh, dear!

Unlike Brougham, Goldsmith could chide without unkindness, and prove severe without proving cruel.

A cricket with the chill of winter in his little voice woke into querulous chiding.

Willful always, you know, or I should not have had to chide you so often.