All 4 Uses of
chide
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Fairies, away: We shall chide downright if I longer stay.†
Scene 2.1chide = scold or criticize
- Now I but chide, but I should use thee worse;
For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse.Scene 3.2 *chide = gently tell someone the did wrong
- It is not friendly, 'tis not maidenly: Our sex, as well as I, may chide you for it, Though I alone do feel the injury.†
Scene 3.2chide = scold or criticize
- HIPPOLYTA I was with Hercules and Cadmus once When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear Such gallant chiding; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry: I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.†
Scene 4.1chiding = scolding or criticizing
Definition:
to tell someone they have done wrong -- sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior