Chiding
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A scolding.
"The cause I never knew; one would have thought the knowledge of the guilt and misery which followed his former career, and above all the chidings of a wife whom he loved would have deterred him; […]"
- 2 rebuking a person harshly wordnet
- 1 present participle and gerund of chide form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Reproachful; critical.
"it is better to dwell in a desert Desolate country, than in a house with a chiding and an angry wife."
Example
More examples"And Jacob being angry said in a chiding manner: For what fault of mine, and for what offence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me, and searched all my household stuff? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee."
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