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chiding
adjective as in censorious
noun as in admonishment
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- dressing down
- talking-to
noun as in blame
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- accusation
- animadversion
- arraignment
- attack
- attribution
- castigation
- censure
- charge
- complaint
- denunciation
- depreciation
- diatribe
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disparagement
- expostulation
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- invective
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- reprehension
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobation
- reproof
- repudiation
- slur
- tirade
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noun as in dressing-down
noun as in lecture
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noun as in lesson
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noun as in rap
noun as in rebuke
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noun as in reprehension
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- accusation
- animadversion
- arraignment
- attack
- attribution
- castigation
- censure
- charge
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- denunciation
- depreciation
- diatribe
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disparagement
- expostulation
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- invective
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobation
- reproof
- repudiation
- slur
- tirade
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noun as in reprimand
noun as in reproach
noun as in reprobation
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- accusation
- animadversion
- arraignment
- attack
- attribution
- castigation
- censure
- charge
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- denunciation
- depreciation
- diatribe
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disparagement
- expostulation
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- invective
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- reprehension
- reprimand
- reproach
- reproof
- repudiation
- slur
- tirade
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noun as in reproof
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noun as in scolding
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noun as in tongue-lashing
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Example Sentences
One recent, pointed example drew on a speech from 2000, chiding people who lecture others but fail to preach by example.
Osment can be heard in the police footage chiding an officer from the back of a patrol car.
But it was Bowen Yang’s return as Chinese trade minister Chen Biao that won the night, chiding Americans over Trump’s ongoing trade war.
A popular thread on the r/drones subreddit included dozens of comments chiding the photographer.
He was incredibly accessible to his players, chiding them if they failed to stop by his office and say hello if they were wandering around Heritage Hall.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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