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CHIDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rebuking a person harshly
Synonyms:
chiding; objurgation; scolding; tongue-lashing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chiding" is a kind of...):
rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chiding"):
wig; wigging (British slang for a scolding)
Derivation:
chide (censure severely or angrily)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb chide
