chide

Meaning

Verb

• To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
• To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
• To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Origin

• From Middle English chiden ("to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel"), from Old English ċīdan ("to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain"). Cognate with German kiden ("to sound"); Old High German kīdal ("wedge").