Noun chiding has 1 sense
  1. chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing - rebuking a person harshly
    --1 is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
    --1 has particulars: wig, wigging
    Derived form: verb chide1
,Verb chide has 1 sense
  1. call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast - 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"
    --1 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
    Derived form: noun chiding1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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