Associations to the word «Chide»
Noun
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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.