to chide sb (for)

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• chide — [tʃaıd] v [I and T] written [: 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 = ↑scold ▪ Edward, you are naughty, Dorothy chided. chide sb for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chide — [ tʃaıd ] verb intransitive or transitive MAINLY LITERARY to criticize someone or speak to them in an angry way because you think their behavior is wrong: REBUKE: chide someone for something: The company was chided for its lack of original… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• chide — UK [tʃaɪd] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms chide : present tense I/you/we/they chide he/she/it chides present participle chiding past tense chided past participle chided mainly literary to criticize someone, or to speak to them in… …   English dictionary

• chide — verb past tense chided or chid past participle chided, chid or chidden /tSIdn/ (I, T) literary to speak angrily to someone because you do not approve of something they have done; rebuke: You naughty children! she chided. | chide sb for sth:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• chide — v. (D; tr.) to chide for * * * [tʃaɪd] (D; tr.) to chide for …   Combinatory dictionary

• chide — [[t]tʃa͟ɪd[/t]] chides, chiding, chided VERB If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n for/about ing/n] Cross chided himself for worrying... [V n] He gently chided the …   English dictionary

• chide — verb he wasn t expecting her to chide him right there in front of everyone Syn: scold, chastise, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, censure, lambaste, lecture, give someone a piece of one s mind, take to task, rake/haul over… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• chide — chider, n. chidingly, adv. /chuyd/, v., chided or chid /chid/, chided or chid or chidden /chid n/, chiding. v.t. 1. to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks. 2. to harass, nag,… …   Universalium

• chide — verb /tʃaɪd/ to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach 1591 And yet I was last chidden for being too slow. Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona …   Wiktionary

• chide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scold, lecture, reprove. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rebuke, reprimand, criticize; see censure , scold . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. reprove, scold, *dress down, upbraid, rebuke …   English dictionary for students

• call down — verb 1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke …   Useful english dictionary