chidden

Variant of chide

chide definition

chide (c̸hīd)

transitive verb, intransitive verb chided chid′ed or chid (c̸hid), chided chid′ed or chid or chidden chid′·den (c̸hid′'n), chiding chid′·ing

to scold; now, usually, to reprove mildly

Etymology: ME chiden < OE vi. cidan; not found outside OE

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