Search

What is another word for CHID?

Pronunciation: [t͡ʃˈɪd] (IPA)

Chid is a term that means to scold or reprimand someone in a mild or angry manner. Synonyms for chid include rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid, chastise, castigate, admonish, lecture, criticize, and censure. These words denote disapproving or corrective speech or action taken towards someone who has done something wrong. While the degree of severity may differ among these terms, they share the common goal of admonishing another's behavior. Whether you're a parent chastising a child, a teacher reprimanding a student, or a supervisor scolding an employee, using one of these synonyms for chid can help you communicate your displeasure and ensure corrective action is taken.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Opposite words
Antonyms
Usage examples
Search

Synonyms for Chid:

What are the hypernyms for Chid?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for CHID?

The antonyms for the word "chid" are praise, compliment, and approve. Chid means to scold or admonish someone, and its antonyms are words that convey positive feedback or appreciation. Praising someone means expressing admiration or approval for their actions, while complimenting someone involves acknowledging their qualities or achievements. Approving of someone means giving them your support or agreement. The use of antonyms for "chid" is helpful when describing a situation where positive reinforcement or encouragement is needed instead of negative criticism. It is important to consider the context and desired outcome before choosing the appropriate antonym for "chid".

What are the antonyms for Chid?

  • Other relevant words:

Usage examples for Chid

We can imagine how this subject was talked over-how Alfieri, with that savage pleasure of his in the self-infliction of pain and humiliation, exposed to the Countess all the little, mean motives which had deterred him or which had encouraged him in his liberation from political servitude; we can imagine how she CHID him for his rash step, and how, at the same time, she felt a delicious pride in the meanness which he so frankly revealed, in the rashness which she so severely reproved; we can imagine how the thought of Alfieri, who had thus sacrificed fortune, luxury, vanity, to the desire to be free, met in the Countess of Albany's mind the thought of Charles Edward, living the pensioner of a sovereign who had insulted him and of a sovereign whom he had cheated, spending in liquor the money which France had paid him to get himself an heir and the Stuarts another king.
"The Countess of Albany"
Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)
For a minute or so the boy and girl stood opposite her, holding fast by one another, and staring with all their eyes; but they said nothing more, being apparently very "good" children, that is, children brought up under the old-fashioned rules, which are indicated in the celebrated rhyme, "Come when you're called, Do as you're bid: Shut the door after you, And you'll never be CHID."
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
"Don't say paid medium, as if the paying detracted from her worth," Benjamin Crane CHID the girl.
"The Come Back"
Carolyn Wells

Word of the Day

Chases sign
The term "Chases sign" refers to a linguistic phenomenon known as synonymy, wherein multiple words or phrases are used interchangeably to convey a similar meaning. Synonyms for "Ch...