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Verb: chide (chided, also chid,chidden)  chId
  1. Censure severely or angrily
    - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]

Derived forms: chidden, chid, chiding, chided, chides

See also: chiding

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticize, knock, pick apart