Thesaurus / chide
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Racine also has chided Bowser over the performance of her agencies, including the city’s crime lab, an agency rife with problems that lost its accreditation last year.
AS BOWSER SEEKS A THIRD TERM AS D.C. MAYOR, HER SHARPEST CRITIC ISN’T ON THE BALLOTPAUL SCHWARTZMAN, MICHAEL BRICE-SADDLERFEBRUARY 28, 2022WASHINGTON POSTNBA officials also made a point to chide the Knicks behind the scenes — and threaten fines — for repeatedly showing certain instant-replay sequences on the Jumbotron.
IN THE 1990S, THE NEW YORK KNICKS FOUGHT EVERYONE — EVEN DAVID STERNCHRIS HERRING (CHRIS.HERRING@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JANUARY 18, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTChildren were chided for taking off face masks or venturing too close to high-touch surfaces.
‘IT FEELS LIKE 2020 ALL OVER AGAIN’: AS COVID CASES CLIMB, D.C.-AREA RESIDENTS TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONSMARISSA LANGDECEMBER 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEarly one morning the inspector is awakened by a phone call from a man who identifies himself as Riccardino and chides his listener for being late for their appointment, which was set for right now.
MONTALBANO SAYS FAREWELL IN THE LOVABLY QUIRKY NOVEL ‘RICCARDINO’DENNIS DRABELLEOCTOBER 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn her main ruling, the judge chided Apple for limiting consumer choice.
HOW THE APPLE APP STORE RULING WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU USE YOUR PHONERACHEL LERMANSEPTEMBER 10, 2021WASHINGTON POSTInstead, she chides “reductionists” because they allegedly “dismiss” emergent criteria—such as information, thermodynamics, and consciousness—as “outside of science.”
THE END OF REDUCTIONISM COULD BE NIGH. OR NOT. - FACTS SO ROMANTICSABINE HOSSENFELDERJUNE 18, 2021NAUTILUS“Easier to write about the homefolks, the old folks, cowboys, or the small town,” he chided, “than to deal with the more immediate and frequently less simplistic experience of city life.”
LARRY MCMURTRY, AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST WHO PIERCED MYTHS OF HIS NATIVE TEXAS, DIES AT 84JOE HOLLEYMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMrs Everett forebore to chide, so interested was she in learning if this confession would clear her from suspicion.
IN THE ONYX LOBBYCAROLYN WELLSThen at last they slowly returned, unrebuked, for no man had the heart to chide their daring.
WARRIOR GAPCHARLES KINGIn anger, the king went to the door to chide the guards for having admitted a ragged Jew to his presence.
THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYLEO WIENERWORDS RELATED TO CHIDE
- admonishing
- calling on the carpet
- castigating
- censuring
- checking
- chewing out
- chiding
- coming down on
- criticizing
- denouncing
- dressing down
- giving piece of one's mind
- giving the dickens
- lecturing
- lessoning
- light into
- lower the boom
- monishing
- rapping
- rebuking
- reprehending
- reproaching
- reproving
- taking to task
- telling off
- ticking off
- upbraiding
- admonishes
- calls on the carpet
- castigates
- censures
- checks
- chews out
- chides
- comes down on
- criticizes
- denounces
- dresses down
- gives piece of one's mind
- gives the dickens
- lectures
- lessons
- light into
- lower the boom
- monishes
- raps
- rebukes
- reprehends
- reproaches
- reproves
- takes to task
- tells off
- ticks off
- upbraids
- abuse
- admonish
- asperse
- berate
- blame
- castigate
- cavil
- censure
- chasten
- chide
- criticize
- denounce
- disparage
- dress down
- expostulate
- give a talking-to
- jump on
- keep aft
- lay down the law
- lecture
- light into
- nag
- objurate
- preach
- put down
- rail
- rake over the coals
- rate
- ream
- rebuke
- recriminate
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobate
- reprove
- revile
- take to task
- taunt
- tell off
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
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