Both Uses of
chide
in
Jane Eyre
- I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.†
Chpt 1
- Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.†
Chpt 7 *
Definition:
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(chide) to tell someone they have done wrong -- sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior