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Words related to chide

Related / Similar Words: call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

Definition:

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";

Hyponyms: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, tell off, brush down

Derivational Morphology: chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing, scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold, rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, lecture, speech, talking to, upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker

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break away is similar to chip, chip off, come off, break off, break, break out, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape and fly the coop.

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