Synonyms for chiding
- noun
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Noun
scolding, berating, browbeating, reproof, tongue lashing, lecture, sermon, objurgation, rixation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A scolding.
Forms
- Plural
- chidings → scoldings, beratings, browbeatings, reproofs…
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Check is allied to rebuke, and given before or during action; chiding is nearer to reproof, but with more of personal bitterness and less of authority.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- scolding I didn't feel like scolding her for being late.
- berating Stop berating him, he didn't do it on purpose.
- reproof It was then that my fathers reproof had come home to me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| chiding | rising | |
| scolding | rising | |
| berating | rising | |
| reproof | rising | |
| browbeating | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sermon2
- 7 letters
- lecture2, reproof
- 8 letters
- scolding2, berating3, rixation
- 11 letters
- browbeating, objurgation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sermon2 = 2 syllables).