chide
pronunciation
How to pronounce chide in British English:
UK [tʃaɪd]
How to pronounce chide in American English:
US [tʃaɪd]
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- Verb:
- censure severely or angrily
Word Origin
- chide (v.)
- late 12c., "scold, nag, rail," originally intransitive, from Old English cidan "to contend, quarrel, complain." Not found outside Old English (though Liberman says it is "probably related to OHG *kîdal 'wedge,'" with a sense evolution from "brandishing sticks" to "scold, reprove"). Past tense, past participle can be chided or chid or even (past participle) chidden (Shakespeare used it); present participle is chiding.
Example
- 1. Some of my chinese friends chide me for overidealizing china .
- 2. Economists and other busybodies chide them for not spending more , thereby stimulating the economy .
- 3. We shall chide down right if I longer stay .
- 4. He also used his time at the podium to chide bonus-hungry bankers for failing to learn the lessons of lehman .
- 5. It might seem a bit rich for the state broadcaster of a secretive , country to chide baidu for murkiness .