Chid
[tʃid]
Examples
- She gently chid me for being rude; and, keeping me close to her shawl, turned to thank the gentleman for taking so much trouble as to bring her home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I shook her, I chid her, I pinched her fingers when she tried to put me off with gibes and jests in her queer provoking way, and at last out it came. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Caroline chid her when she abused Lord Wellington; but she listened delighted to a subsequent tirade against the Prince Regent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There Madame Beck met, captured, chid, convoyed to the street-door, and finally dismissed him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chid for my singularity. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She chid me for this procedure more than once. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Elena