ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCchide
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chide
Meaning: to mildly scold someone for a mistake
chide in a sentence
How chide is used in real sentences:
The coach would chide players who arrived late to practice.
She gently chided her brother for forgetting their mother's birthday.
“She sometimes chided them for careless dates, yet she invited correction of her own calculations and asked only for evidence pertinent to the disputed voyages.”
— from the passage The Threads in the Ledger
Synonyms for chide
Other words for chide — rebuke, reproach and admonish — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of chide
Words that mean the opposite of chide:
- praise
- commend
- applaud
Where it comes from
From Old English cīdan, meaning 'to quarrel or rebuke.'
Memory hook
CHIDE sounds like 'child': adults sometimes chide a child for misbehavior.