All 4 Uses of
chide
in
The Lords of Discipline
- "You'd have probably thrown her off the porch if she hadn't passed out," Annie Kate chided me, her finger tracing the stiffly barbered hairline at the back of my neck.†
Chpt 3.29 *chided = scolded or criticized
- I'll score one for you and one for Vietnam," I chided him.†
Chpt 3.30
- Imagine the nerve of Durrell, that upcountry dandy, chiding me for shoddy scholarship.†
Chpt 4.34chiding = scolding or criticizing
- Remembering that my professor in the modern novel, Colonel Masters, a shy and excellent teacher, had chided me gently about my irrepress-ible love of adjectives, I started again with clear simple sentences.†
Chpt 4.41chided = scolded or criticized
Definition:
to tell someone they have done wrong -- sometimes in a gentle way to encourage better behavior