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Definition
to tell someone they have done wrong — sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior- She constantly chides me for my grammar.
chides = corrects or criticizes
- She gently chides her friends who run up credit card debt unnecessarily.
- I need an exercise partner who will gently chide me if I skip a day.
- As thus he strode along in anger, putting together the words he would use to chide Little John,Howard Pyle -- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
- I will no further chide you.Shakespeare -- Twelfth Night
- ...it whined softly, then flattened its ears down in anticipation of being chidden by the man.Jack London -- To Build a Fire
- I had rather hear you chide than this man woo.William Shakespeare -- As You Like It
- O, what a beast was I to chide at him!William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- "Frederick," she chided.Rick Riordan -- The Titan's Curse
- Now I but chide, but I should use thee worse;
For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse.William Shakespeare -- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Don't get ahead of yourself, she chided.Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
- "Never question a gift," Hermes chided.Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
- "Husband, we talked about this," Persephone chided. "You can't go around incinerating every hero."Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,
Stir up their servants to an act of rage,
And after seem to chide 'em.William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar - She puts her tongue a little in her heart,
And chides with thinking.William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice - I am so far from granting thy request
That I despise thee for thy wrongful suit, And by and by intend to chide myself
Even for this time I spend in talking to thee.William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona - Do so, and bid my sweet prepare to chide.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet - I pray thee, chide not.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- If, rather than to marry County Paris
Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,
Then is it likely thou wilt undertake
A thing like death to chide away this shame,
That copest with death himself to 'scape from it.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
chides = scolds or criticizes
chide = scold or criticize
chidden = told it has done wrong
chide = criticize
chide = criticize
chided = gently encouraged better behavior
chide = gently tell someone the did wrong
chided = gently scolded
chided = gently corrected (told him it is wrong to ask the question)
chided = gently corrected
chide = tell them they have done wrong
chides = tells someone they have done wrong
chide = to tell someone they have done wrong
chide = scold or criticize
chide = scold or criticize
chide = scold or criticize
chide = drive away with harsh words