Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chide
Participle: chidden (E); chid (E)
Gerund: chiding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chide |
| you | chide |
| he;she;it | chides |
| we | chide |
| you | chide |
| they | chide |
Perfect
| I | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| he;she;it | has chidden (E); chid (E) |
| we | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| they | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
Past
| I | chid (E) |
| you | chid (E) |
| he;she;it | chid (E) |
| we | chid (E) |
| you | chid (E) |
| they | chid (E) |
Pluperfect
| I | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| he;she;it | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| we | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| they | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
Future
| I | will chide |
| you | will chide |
| he;she;it | will chide |
| we | will chide |
| you | will chide |
| they | will chide |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | will have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| he;she;it | will have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| we | will have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | will have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| they | will have chidden (E); chid (E) |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chide |
| you | chide |
| he;she;it | chide |
| we | chide |
| you | chide |
| they | chide |
Perfect
| I | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| he;she;it | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| we | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| they | have chidden (E); chid (E) |
Imperfect
| I | chid (E) |
| you | chid (E) |
| he;she;it | chid (E) |
| we | chid (E) |
| you | chid (E) |
| they | chid (E) |
Pluperfect
| I | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| he;she;it | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| we | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
| they | had chidden (E); chid (E) |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chide |
| you | would chide |
| he;she;it | would chide |
| we | would chide |
| you | would chide |
| they | would chide |
Perfect
| I | would have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | would have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| he;she;it | would have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| we | would have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| you | would have chidden (E); chid (E) |
| they | would have chidden (E); chid (E) |
Imperative
| you | chide |
| we | Let's chide |
| you | chide |
Verbs conjugated like 'chide'
chide,
Verbs similar to 'chide'
chime,
chine,
chive,
hide,
abide,
bide,
bride,
cade,
cede,
chace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach
- criticize
- admonish
- reproach, scold, lecture, censure, reprimand, rebuke, reprehend, criticize
Antonyms
- admonish
- commend, praise, compliment, countenance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”). See: German, old spelling '
kiden'.
Sample Sentences
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Valentine: Well, you’ll still be too forward.
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Speed: And yet I was last chidden for being too slow. [c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 2, scene 1:]
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Whiles you chid me, I did love;
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How then might your prayers move! [c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 4, scene 3:]
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I know too much: / I finde it, I; for when I ha liſt to ſleepe, / Mary, before your Ladiſhip I grant, / She puts her tongue alittle in her heart, / And chides with thinking. (I know, [she talks] too much: / I find that, when I have desire to sleep. / Indeed, before your Ladyship I admit, / She keeps a little quiet, / And '''scolds''' me with her thoughts.) [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 24:]
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Then she had not chidden him for the use of that familiar salutation, nor did she chide him now, though she was promised to another. [1920, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thuvia, Maiden of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:]
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And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? [1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 31:36:]
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Where is he living, clipp’d in with the sea
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That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales,
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Which calls me pupil, or hath read to me? [c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 1:]
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[…] though perils did
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Abound, as thick as thought could make ’em, and
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Appear in forms more horrid,—yet my duty,
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As doth a rock against the chiding flood,
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Should the approach of this wild river break,
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And stand unshaken yours. [c. 1612, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Henry VIII, act 3, scene 2:]