[responsivevoice] chide [/responsivevoice] [chahyd ]
The word of the day is ‘chide.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is chided.
It means:
1. Criticize
2. Lecture
3. Scold
4. Rebuke
1. Hindi – Daantana
2. Spanish – Reprendo
3. French – Gronder
4. Mandarin – Hē chì
1. He could not chide her for it, nor arraign her with one bitter thought.
2. I hardly know whether most to laugh at your freak or to chide you for its folly.
3. Do not chide me: pardon me, pardon me, as you have done a thousand times; pardon and pity me.
4. Though I was a few minutes late for dinner, Miss Herbert did not chide me for the delay.
5. Then, at last, they slowly returned, unrebuked, for no man had the heart to chide their daring..
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, condemn, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, upbraid, check, flay, rate, reprehend, reprove, call down, call on the carpet, exprobate, find fault, give a hard time, lesson, slap on the wrist, speak to, takedown, take down a peg, talk to, tell off, tick off, chastise, lambaste, remonstrate with, lecture, criticize etc.
applaud, approve, commend, compliment, exonerate, flatter, laud, praise
Quotation:
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn’t English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.
F. Sionil Jose
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