DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
chide
v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out,
remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste,
lambast]
[also: chidden, chid]