Definition of chide

"chide" in the verb sense

1. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

censure severely or angrily

"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

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Quotations for chide

Husbands are in heaven whose wives chide not. [ Proverb ]

If she do frown, it is not in hate of you,
But rather to beget more love in you:
If she do chide, it is not to have you gone;
For why, the fools are mad if left alone.
Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For - get you gone - she doth not mean - away. [ William Shakespeare ]

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public. [ Solon ]

While his off-heel, insidiously aside. Provokes the caper which he seems to chide. [ Sheridan ]

chide in Scrabble®

The word chide is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters chide:

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chide in Words With Friends™

The word chide is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of chide

2 letter words in chide (4 words)

3 letter words in chide (6 words)

4 letter words in chide (4 words)

5 letter words in chide (1 word)

chide + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence chide

Words that start with chide (3 words)

Words with chide in them (5 words)

Words that end with chide (1 word)

Word Growth involving chide

Shorter words in chide

hi chi

hi hid hide

id hid hide

id ide hide

Longer words containing chide

chided unchided

chides rachides

orchidectomies

orchidectomy