Scold vs. Chide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scold and Chide
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Scold
To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.
Chide
To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand
Chided the boy for his sloppiness.
Scold
To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
Chide
To express disapproval.
Scold
One who persistently nags or criticizes
"As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and ... may even become a big-league scold" (James Wolcott).
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Chide
(transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
Scold
A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
Chide
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Scold
(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.
Chide
(ambitransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Scold
(ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
Chide
To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at.
Scold
Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.
Chide
Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England.
Scold
Misconstruction of scald
Chide
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses.
Scold
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; - often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time everI was forced to scold.
Chide
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
As doth a rock againts the chiding flood.
Scold
To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
Chide
A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide of streams.
Scold
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
She is an irksome, brawling scold.
Chide
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
Scold
A scolding; a brawl.
Scold
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Scold
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
Scold
Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude;
He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong
We grumbled about the increased work load
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