chide
(Old-fashioned)
[verb]
Synonyms: scold, admonish, berate, censure, criticize, lecture, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, tell off (informal)

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Antonyms: commend
Contrasted words: applaud, compliment, approve, endorse, sanction
Related Words: berate, rate, scold, upbraid

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

chide /tʃaɪd/ verb [intransitive and transitive] written
[Language: Old English; Origin: cidan 'to quarrel, chide', from cid 'fighting']
to tell someone that you do not approve of something that they have done or said Synonym : scold:
‘Edward, you are naughty,’ Dorothy chided.
chide somebody for (doing) something
She chided him for not responding to her Christmas cards.
He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲