All 4 Uses of
chide
in
The Taming of the Shrew
- Master, it is no time to chide you now; Affection is not rated from the heart: If love have touch'd you, nought remains but so: Redime te captum quam queas minimo.†
Scene 1.1chide = scold or criticize
- thou know'st not gold's effect: Tell me her father's name, and 'tis enough; For I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.†
Scene 1.2
- Not her that chides, sir, at any hand, I pray.†
Scene 1.2 *chides = scolds or criticizes
- I love no chiders, sir.†
Scene 1.2
Definition:
to tell someone they have done wrong -- sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior