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Synonyms for chide

  • verb

Most common

rebuke scold berate admonish

All synonyms

Verb

scold, admonish, rebuke, berate, chastise, lambast UK, lamblast US, reprove, reprimand, reproach, remonstrate, blame, take to task, call down, trounce, censure, have words, chew up, lecture, dress down, bawl out, tick off, rag

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

Forms

Past participle
chid
e.g. chid → scolded, admonished, rebuked, berated…

Example sentences

  • rebuke He took it for an implied rebuke.
  • scold I cannot scold Taninna. She's still a little girl.
  • berate If you berate me like that again, I will quit.
  • admonish No words were able to admonish him.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chiderising
rebukerising
scoldrising
beraterising
admonishsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
rag1
5 letters
blame1, scold1
6 letters
rebuke2, berate2
7 letters
lecture2, censure2, trounce1, lambast, reprove
8 letters
reproach2, chastise2, admonish3, lamblast
9 letters
reprimand3
11 letters
remonstrate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebuke2 = 2 syllables).