CHIDE
What does "CHIDE" mean?
To scold or rebuke someone gently or mildly.
Meanings
- To express mild disapproval of someone; to scold. She chided the children for tracking mud across the floor.
- To make a continuous fretful or complaining sound (archaic or literary, of wind, water, hounds). The brook chided over the stones all night. literary
Did you know?
- 'Chide' is a verb caught mid-evolution: it still accepts the old irregular past tense 'chid' alongside the modern regular 'chided', so both 'she chid him' and 'she chided him' are correct.
Word origin
From Old English 'cidan' (to contend, quarrel, complain), of uncertain earlier origin; the older past tense 'chid' survives alongside the regular 'chided'.
Remember it
CHIDE rhymes with 'guide' - a chide is a guide given sharply, a correction with a frown.
A little poem
Soft scold, like cold rain-
it stings only because you
wanted to please her.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my dog off for chewing the dictionary. He took my chiding word for word.
What it teaches
A chide remembered fondly was love wearing a stern face.
Quick facts
What does CHIDE mean?
To scold or rebuke someone gently or mildly.
Is CHIDE a valid word?
Yes — CHIDE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHIDE?
CHIDE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHIDE come from?
From Old English 'cidan' (to contend, quarrel, complain), of uncertain earlier origin; the older past tense 'chid' survives alongside the regular 'chided'.
What can CHIDE teach us?
A chide remembered fondly was love wearing a stern face.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.