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Verb: chide (chided, also chid,chidden)  chId
  1. Censure severely or angrily
    "The deputy chided the Prime Minister"
    - 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 [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]

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

See also: chiding

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

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chickweed phlox
chicle
chicle gum
chicness
Chico
chicory
chicory escarole
chicory plant
chicory root
chicot
chide
chiding
chidingly
chief
chief assistant
Chief Constable
Chief Executive
chief executive officer
chief financial officer
Chief Joseph
chief justice