Chide Moderate

Chide has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

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"

call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast

To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

Example Sentences

"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car" verb

"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" verb

"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" verb