All 4 Uses of
chide
in
The Magic Mountain
- "Now, now, my friend," the teacher said, laughing as she chided him, her downy cheeks turning red.†
Chpt 4.10 *chided = scolded or criticized
- And when the news reached the great-aunt at the other end of the table, even she made a sly joke of chiding him; pretty Marusya, who had paid him barely any attention before now, bent forward to look at him, her orange-scented handkerchief pressed to her lips, and reprimanded him with her brown, round eyes.†
Chpt 4.10chiding = scolding or criticizing
- Work, work—beg your pardon, but he is about to chide me as an enemy of mankind, an inimicus humanae naturae, for daring to recall a time when his fanfare to labor would not have achieved its accustomed effect—a time, that is, when the opposite of his ideal was held in incomparably higher esteem.†
Chpt 6.2chide = scold or criticize
- "You should be ashamed of yourself, worshiping success like that," Herr Settembrini chided him.†
Chpt 7.4chided = scolded or criticized
Definition:
to tell someone they have done wrong -- sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior