chide

chide is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
2. present participle. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
3. intransitive verb. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
4. intransitive verb. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
5. noun. A continuous noise or murmur.
6. verb. censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

   Synonyms: berate, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce

Synonyms

berate, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce

Common word forms

chided, chider, chides, chiding

Words from these letters

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