chiding

Other forms: chidings

Definitions of chiding
  1. noun
    rebuking a person harshly
    synonyms: objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing
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    types:
    wig, wigging
    British slang for a scolding
    type of:
    rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
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