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Meanings of chiding in English
Synonyms
Examples for "scolding"
Examples for "scolding"
1
She no longer heard Georg Riegg, still scolding, calling for the watch.
2
Gervaise listened with a faint smile; she had no idea of scolding.
3
He bound his handkerchief over the wound, scolding away in the meantime.
4
The Commandante gave them a scolding and we went out in triumph.
5
I stand and cross my arms, waiting for the scolding to start.
1
The invincibly taciturn woman is so rare as to have escaped objurgation.
2
Seeing which his father quickly regained the paper, but continued his objurgation.
3
He has a horror of its wordy wars, its flood of objurgation.
4
But the irate old man finished his objurgation with the words:
5
Our chair coolies were in a constant state of objurgation in clearing a way.
1
After he gave me a tongue-lashing he left for home with Barbara.
2
But this verdict also came with a firm tongue-lashing from the judiciary.
3
But I may say I'm not especially anxious for a tongue-lashing to-night.
4
How would his own three sons have reacted to such a tongue-lashing?
5
Edd gave them a tongue-lashing and thrashing at one and the same time.
Usage of chiding in English
1
I am now rebuked for chiding the fears of my little maid.
2
Shooting Bon a chiding look, Emma took the potato from Lemmy's hand.
3
I walked quickly, chiding myself for the rising panic in my chest.
4
But this time, there was no head-shake, no anger, no chiding grin.
5
Now Marguerite was chiding herself for her doubts and for her fears.
6
And something else, too, chiding in the background-eventhen, I missed her.
7
He shook his shoulders, chiding himself for falling prey to fanciful imaginings.
8
He will chide me, very probably, and I cannot bear chiding now.
9
Sol's bitter chiding had been the first thing to discompose her fortitude.
10
Now turned he to the dame, and, chiding her, bade her begone.
11
He smiled at me, his brown eyes filled with a gentle chiding.
12
There was a raw inescapable truth in Benji Mahmoud's chiding words.
13
So I let Fade revel in this moment without chiding him.
14
Yi Kong shot me a chiding look and ignored my question.
15
Mr. Jesani communicated with the patients, chiding and scolding if necessary.
16
He was chiding it in Malay as if it were a fractious child.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Chiding through the time
Chiding across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common