CHIDE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHIDE?

Need another word that means the same as “chide”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “chide” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Chide” are: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce, chastise, upbraid, castigate, reproach, reprove, admonish, remonstrate with, criticize, censure

Chide as a Verb

Definitions of "Chide" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chide” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Scold or rebuke.
• Censure severely or angrily.

Synonyms of "Chide" as a verb (28 Words)

admonish	Admonish or counsel in terms of someone s behavior. She admonished him to drink no more than one glass of wine.
bawl out	Shout loudly and without restraint.
berate	Scold or criticize (someone) angrily. She berated herself for being fickle.
call down	Stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.
call on the carpet	Order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role.
castigate	Censure severely. He was castigated for not setting a good example.
censure	Rebuke formally. The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade.
chastise	Punish, especially by beating. The General cruelly chastised them with a whip.
chew out	Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
chew up	Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
criticize	Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way. The paper criticized the new movie.
dress down	Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
have words	Have as a feature.
jaw	Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. He jawed his bubble gum.
lambast	Criticize (someone or something) harshly. They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth.
lambaste	Censure severely or angrily.
lecture	Deliver an educational lecture or lectures. Did you ever lecture at Harvard.
rag	Play in ragtime. Rag that old tune.
rebuke	Censure severely or angrily. The judge publicly rebuked the jury.
remonstrate	Present and urge reasons in opposition. He turned angrily to remonstrate with Tommy.
remonstrate with	Argue in protest or opposition.
reprimand	Address a reprimand to. Officials were reprimanded for poor work.
reproach	Accuse someone of. You know that isn t true he reproached her.
reprove	Take to task. He was reproved for obscenity.
scold	(of a bird) call loudly and persistently. Mum took Anna away scolding her for her bad behaviour.
take to task	Require (time or space.
trounce	Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Essex trounced Cambridgeshire 5 1 in the final.
upbraid	Find fault with (someone); scold. He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance.

Usage Examples of "Chide" as a verb

• ‘Now, now,’ he chided.
• She chided him for not replying to her letters.

Associations of "Chide" (30 Words)

accusation	A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. Accusations of bribery.
admonish	Admonish or counsel in terms of someone s behavior. He admonished the child for his bad behavior.
angrily	In a manner resulting from or betraying anger. The sky was black and thundered angrily.
belabor	Attack verbally with harsh criticism. She was belabored by her fellow students.
berate	Scold or criticize (someone) angrily. She berated herself for being fickle.
bluntly	In an uncompromisingly forthright way. To put it bluntly investors are suffering from a crisis.
castigate	Reprimand (someone) severely. He was castigated for not setting a good example.
castigation	Verbal punishment.
censorious	Harshly critical or expressing censure. Censorious champions of morality.
chastise	Rebuke or reprimand severely. The General cruelly chastised them with a whip.
gadfly	A fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly. Always a gadfly he attacked intellectual orthodoxies.
incrimination	An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed. His incrimination was based on my testimony.
lambaste	Censure severely or angrily.
nag	A person who nags someone. He s always nagging at her for staying out late.
opprobrium	A state of extreme dishonor. The opprobrium of being closely associated with gangsters.
punish	Impose a penalty on inflict punishment on. Fraudulent acts would be punished by up to two years in prison.
rebuke	An act or expression of criticism and censure. She had rebuked him for drinking too much.
recrimination	An accusation in response to one from someone else. There are no tears no recriminations.
reprimand	Address a reprimand to. The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules.
reproach	In the Roman Catholic Church a set of antiphons and responses for Good Friday representing the reproaches of Christ to his people. Words of reproach.
reproof	An act or expression of criticism and censure. A look of reproof.
reprove	Take to task. He was reproved for obscenity.
retort	Use (an opponent’s argument) against them. The answer they make to us may very easily be retorted.
revile	Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. He was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead.
scold	(of a bird) call loudly and persistently. Mum took Anna away scolding her for her bad behaviour.
scolding	Rebuking a person harshly. She d get a scolding from Victoria.
sternly	With sternness; in a severe manner. No she said sternly.
upbraid	Find fault with (someone); scold. He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance.
verbally	With the function of a verb. She claimed to have been verbally abused.
vilify	Spread negative information about. He has been vilified in the press.