Chid

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chid
       See {chide}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chide


       v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
           for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
           Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
           for bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
            {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
            {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {berate}, {bawl out},
            {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste},
            {lambast}]
       [also: {chidden}, {chid}]