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  • past tense form of chide.
  • past participle of chide.

chided

ADJECTIVE
scolded
Synonyms
STRONG
Antonyms


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Reaves chided Doncic about losing in rowing, bowling and golf while they were in Slovenia together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

In the first week of trial, she chided Musk for recent posts to his social media platform X, in which he spoke disparagingly of OpenAI and Sam Altman, whom he referred to as "Scam Altman".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

“And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’ ” the Talking Heads chided me mentally as I took stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

“Wait patiently,” Grandma chided, wiping perspiration from her brow.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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