Akademik

chiding

noun

rebuking a person harshly

• Syn: ↑scolding, ↑objurgation, ↑tongue-lashing

• Derivationally related forms: ↑objurgate (for: ↑objurgation), ↑scold (for: ↑scolding), ↑chide

• Hypernyms: ↑rebuke, ↑reproof, ↑reproval, ↑reprehension, ↑reprimand

• Hyponyms: ↑wig, ↑wigging

Useful english dictionary. 2012.