English > chide: 1 sense > verb 1, communication| Meaning | censure severely or angrily. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast |
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| Narrower | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | censure severely |
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| tell off, brush down | reprimand |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
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| Catalan | renyar, reprendre |
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| Spanish | regañar |
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| Nouns | chiding | rebuking a person harshly |
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