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chiding



NOUN
admonishment
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STRONG












NOUN
reproof
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STRONG




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The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Gigi now starts each video chiding commentators who accuse her of being AI.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Whitney in April 2024 began with Brambila chiding himself for forgetting his trekking poles in the car.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Earlier that month, Ely had written to Perkins again, affectionately chiding her for missing a social gathering and exclaiming, “I feel lost in the new Immigration set-up!”

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025

He couldn’t help chiding himself1—it’d been a stupid idea.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner




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