Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHIDE
CHIDE, v.i.
- To scold; to clamor to find fault; to contend in words of anger; sometimes followed by with. The people did chide with Moses. – Ex. xvii.
- To quarrel. – Shak.
- To make a rough, clamorous, roaring noise; as, the chiding flood. – Shak.
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