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Definition of Chiding
1. Noun. Rebuking a person harshly.
Generic synonyms: Rebuke, Reprehension, Reprimand, Reproof, Reproval
Specialized synonyms: Wig, Wigging
Derivative terms: Chide, Objurgate, Scold
Definition of Chiding
1. Verb. (present participle of chide) ¹
2. Noun. A scolding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiding
1. chide [v] - See also: chide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiding
Literary usage of Chiding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"Parents, and such as have the tuition and oversight of children, offend шит urn«
in that they are too stern, alway threatning, chiding, brawling, ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1809)
"Be not continually chiding your servants. It can answer no purpose beyond giving
exercise to your lungs at the expense of your servants' patience. ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... till, by and by, the servants of the house chiding their young master, one of
them come with a string, and killed the dog outright presently. ..."
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