Both Uses of
chide
in
Wuthering Heights
- She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face.†
Chpt 3
- The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(chide) to tell someone they have done wrong -- sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior