chide

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /t͡ʃaɪd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like side /tʃ/ vs /s/

Freq #43285

Meanings

1

verb
To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

Valentine: Well, you’ll still be too forward. Speed: And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.
2

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

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
3

verb
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Where is he living, clipp’d in with the sea That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales, Which calls me pupil, or hath read to me?

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Word family

Derived forms bechidechiderchidester

Etymology

From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”).

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# chide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /t͡ʃaɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 43285

## Meanings
1. To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
2. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
3. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

## Examples
- Valentine: Well, you’ll still be too forward. Speed: And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.
- And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
- Where is he living, clipp’d in with the sea That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales, Which calls me pupil, or hath read to me?

## Derived Forms
- bechide
- chider
- chidester

## Etymology
From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”).

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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