Synonyms of chide

chide 1 of 2

verb (1)

ˈchīd 

as in to admonish

to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault

my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admonish
• scold
• reprimand
• criticize
• blame
• fault
• rebuke
• reprove
• reproach
• berate
• get after
• lambast
• get on
• mock
• upbraid
• condemn
• tick off
• castigate
• lambaste
• harangue
• diss
• excoriate
• disparage
• assail
• bad-mouth
• belittle
• deride
• rail (at or against)
• burn one's ears
• crucify
• censure
• denounce
• minimize
• flay
• lecture
• reprehend
• knock
• attack
• jaw
• dress down
• ridicule
• scoff
• chew out
• lash
• slam
• deprecate
• keelhaul
• pan
• scorn
• rate
• abuse
• score
• dis
• blast
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• okay
• indorse
• sanction
• OK
• applaud
• extol
• salute
• praise
• laud
• tout
• hail
• extoll

chid

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants or chided

past tense of chide

as in scolded

to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault

my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolded
• blamed
• admonished
• rebuked
• reprimanded
• reproved
• reproached
• got after
• got on
• ticked off
• criticized
• burnt one's ears
• upbraided
• burned one's ears
• berated
• lectured
• chewed out
• mocked
• abused
• harangued
• flayed
• crucified
• faulted
• attacked
• dressed down
• lashed
• reprehended
• assailed
• railed (at or against)
• knocked
• censured
• ridiculed
• excoriated
• disparaged
• belittled
• keelhauled
• castigated
• minimized
• jawed
• denounced
• slammed
• rated
• condemned
• panned
• scorned
• lambasted
• derided
• blasted
• scored
• deprecated
• scoffed
• bad-mouthed
• dissed
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• indorsed
• sanctioned
• endorsed
• okayed
• praised
• applauded
• saluted
• hailed
• extolled
• lauded
• touted
• OK'd

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chide

Verb

Newsom had declined to include new funding in his spending plans and chided local leaders for ever-present homeless encampments on city streets. —Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025

Bannon also chided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for trying to present strikes with Iran as consistent with ‘America First’ values during a recent interview with a United States broadcaster. —Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 19 June 2025

Verb

Conservative pundits, perhaps unsurprisingly, criticized her message (and its emotional delivery); other commenters chided her for the seeming theatricality of filming her distress. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025

Furthermore, anyone not on the bandwagon is chided as being out of touch. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025