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or chided
as in scolded
to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault
my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments
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After Peacemaker chided the superfriends for being tardy to the party, there were callbacks to his spreading of the rumor that Aquaman has (ahem) relations with fish.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Dec. 2024
The historian Katherine Otis has studied expert advice given to grandparents and found that, in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, at the apex of the nuclear family, seniors were chided for meddling.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety To the narrative’s detriment, the film doesn’t stray far from the safe confines of outdated formulas, wherein a city dweller finds love in a small town and workaholics are chided for choosing a career over love.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Jason then acknowledged that his wife, Kylie, had chided him for not realizing that the pants were symbolic.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Afterwards, back at the dorm, Noa chided Anniko for the bold move.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
As people cheered for plans to loosen gun restrictions, two protesters outside chided Roberts for bringing such a controversial gun rights speaker to a city months after a mass shooting cost four people their lives.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2024
In 1973, President Richard Nixon chided reporter Helen Thomas for wearing slacks, saying he preferred dresses.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Dec. 2024
The historian Katherine Otis has studied expert advice given to grandparents and found that, in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, at the apex of the nuclear family, seniors were chided for meddling.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety To the narrative’s detriment, the film doesn’t stray far from the safe confines of outdated formulas, wherein a city dweller finds love in a small town and workaholics are chided for choosing a career over love.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Jason then acknowledged that his wife, Kylie, had chided him for not realizing that the pants were symbolic.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Afterwards, back at the dorm, Noa chided Anniko for the bold move.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
As people cheered for plans to loosen gun restrictions, two protesters outside chided Roberts for bringing such a controversial gun rights speaker to a city months after a mass shooting cost four people their lives.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2024
In 1973, President Richard Nixon chided reporter Helen Thomas for wearing slacks, saying he preferred dresses.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Chid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chid. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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