as in to admonish
to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault
my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments
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or chided
as in scolded
to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault
my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments
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Recent Examples of chide
Anastasia Teterevleva and Mark Trevelyan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Elliot and Eli clash a little, first when the old man chides his son for not giving Becky a proper goodbye in the morning, second when El’s questioning of Eli’s field training officer results in Eli getting lightly hazed by his peers.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Furthermore, anyone not on the bandwagon is chided as being out of touch.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Trump chides Putin for deadly attack on Ukraine amid push for peace deal
Witkoff has emerged as Washington's key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war, and has already held three long meetings with the Kremlin leader.
—Anastasia Teterevleva and Mark Trevelyan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Elliot and Eli clash a little, first when the old man chides his son for not giving Becky a proper goodbye in the morning, second when El’s questioning of Eli’s field training officer results in Eli getting lightly hazed by his peers.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
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Conservative pundits, perhaps unsurprisingly, criticized her message (and its emotional delivery); other commenters chided her for the seeming theatricality of filming her distress.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Furthermore, anyone not on the bandwagon is chided as being out of touch.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Chide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chide. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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