Antonyms for chiding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : chahyd

Phonetic Transcription : tʃaɪd

Definition of chiding

Origin : late 12c., "scold, nag, rail," originally intransitive, from Old English cidan "to contend, quarrel, complain." Not found outside Old English (though Liberman says it is "probably related to OHG *kîdal 'wedge,'" with a sense evolution from "brandishing sticks" to "scold, reprove"). Past tense, past participle can be chided or chid or even (past participle) chidden (Shakespeare used it); present participle is chiding.

verb criticize, lecture

Example sentences :

"No; that isn't it," he said, chiding her with a waggish forefinger.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

But Bill was in no mood to accept any sort of chiding on the point.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

There was no chiding; and Archie breathed easier after he had read the letter.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

Alas for a man who, being with her, must spend his time in chiding!
Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

Now Marguerite was chiding herself for her doubts and for her fears.
Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

She got a chiding for her long stay, but it fell upon ears that could not hear.
Extract from : « The Wide, Wide World » by Susan Warner

"No, not till I have been with him alone;" she said, chiding her voice to silence.
Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith

Rachel sensed that the priest was chiding the Tartar gently.
Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea

I will remember Stella's chiding, "What had you to do with what did not belong to you?"
Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift

You may know them by their saucy, chiding, devil-may-care hum.
Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl

Synonyms for chiding

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