Associations to the word «Chide»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

CHIDE, verb. Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin