intransitive verb. To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand.

intransitive verb. To express disapproval.

noun. A reproof; a rebuke.

noun. A murmuring, complaining, or brawling sound.

To reprove; rebuke; reprimand; find fault with; blame; scold: as, to chide one for his faults; to chide one for his delay.

To find fault about; blame; reproach: applied to things: as, to chide one's own folly.

To strike by way of punishment or admonition.

To drive or impel by chiding.

Figuratively, to fret; chafe.

Synonyms To blame, censure, reproach, upbraid, reprimand.

To scold; find fault; contend in words of anger; wrangle; grumble; clamor.

Figuratively, to make a clamorous or murmuring noise.

To bay, as hounds in full cry.

transitive verb. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

transitive verb. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.

transitive verb. to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

intransitive verb. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

noun. A continuous noise or murmur.

verb. to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach

verb. censure severely or angrily

"’ ‘I am just of the same mind, no more, nor no less, ’ said the hostess, ‘for I never have any quiet hour in my house, but when thou art hearing those books whereon thou art so besotted, as then thou dost only forget to chide, which is thy ordinary exercise at other times."

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