CHIDE, CHIDING
ADJECTIVES
► CORREPT chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible → 1659 obs.
► CORREPTORY chiding, conveying reproof, rebuking, reprehensive → 1659 obs.
► INCREPATORY chiding, rebuking, reproving → 1645 obs.
► OBJURGATIVE having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke → 1854
► OBJURGATORY having the character of chiding or scolding; conveying or uttering a sharp rebuke → 1576
► REBUKOUS chiding, rebuking → 1494 obs.
NOUNS
► CORREPTION a chiding, reprehension, reproof, reproach, rebuke → 1380 obs.
► DICKIES a sharp chiding, severe reprehension → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIXIE sharp chiding, severe reprehension → 1825 Sc.
► OBJURGATION a chiding, a sharp or severe rebuke; a scolding → 1550
► THRAWN a chiding, a scolding; a sharp reproof → 1905 Ireland, obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► CHIDESTER a woman who chides, scolds, or brawls → 1386 obs.
VERBS
► BAN to chide; to scold; to address with angry and maledictory language → 1340 Eng. dial.
► BEMEAN to abuse; to shame by chiding → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BONE to chide, to reprove; to pester → 1858 Amer. dial.
► CHANNER to chide; to scold, not noisily, but constantly → 1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DELITIGATE to chide; to scold vehemently → 1623 obs.
► GARRE to chide; to growl, to snarl → 1382 obs.
► GATHER to chide, to reprove → 1577 obs.
► ILL-HEAR to chide; to reprove, to scold → 1808 Sc. obs.
► INCREPATE to chide, to rebuke, to reprove, to scold → 1570 obs.
► KEBBIE ► KEBBY to chide, to quarrel → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► OBJURGATE to chide; to rebuke severely → 1616
► PEEL OUT to chide; to scold → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RALLIE ► RALLY ► RAWLEY to chide; to scold, to speak angrily to → 1790 Sc.
► RATE to chide, to scold, to reprove vehemently or angrily → 1386
► SCOUR to chide; to reprimand severely → 1825 Sc.
► TAKE OFF to chide; to reprove, to rebuke → 1863 Eng. dial.
► TATTER to chide; to scold; to be furious or cross → 1842 Eng. dial.
► THREAP to chide; to scold, to rebuke → 1681 Eng. dial.
► THREAPEN to blame, to rebuke, to chide, to reprove → 1671 Eng. dial.
► TING to chide; to scold severely; to assail with insults → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
► YAFF to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically → 1825 Sc.
► YATTER to chide; to carp, to scold → 1811 Sc.
► ZAP to put someone in his place; to ‘put down’; to chide → 1970 (Bk.)