chiding
adjective
[ ˈtʃʌɪdɪŋ ]
• full of rebuke; critical.
• "a chiding rebuttal"
chide
verb
• scold or rebuke.
• "she chided him for not replying to her letters"
Similar:
scold,
chastise,
upbraid,
berate,
castigate,
lambast,
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproach,
reprove,
admonish,
remonstrate with,
lecture,
criticize,
censure,
call to account,
take to task,
pull up,
go on at,
read someone the Riot Act,
haul someone over the coals,
tell off,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
let someone have it,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up at,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
tear into,
give someone a caning,
put on the mat,
slap down,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
tick off,
have a go at,
carpet,
monster,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
give someone some stick,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
take to the woodshed,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
Origin:
Old English cīdan, of unknown origin.
