Search Result:chiding
Overview of noun chiding
The noun chiding has 1 sense
- chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing -- (rebuking a person harshly)
Overview of verb chide
The verb chide has 1 sense
- call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast -- (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")