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chiding

noun as in admonishment

noun as in dressing-down

noun as in lecture

noun as in lesson

noun as in reproof

noun as in scolding

noun as in tongue-lashing

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Example Sentences

He was incredibly accessible to his players, chiding them if they failed to stop by his office and say hello if they were wandering around Heritage Hall.

It has opened her campaign up to chiding remarks and insults from her opponents.

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The comments filled up with sighs of relief, jokes based on her 1995 comedy and gentle chiding of the vegan actor.

On the right, Republicans said the president had no business chiding Israel for how it uses the U.S.-manufactured weapons that are instrumental in its war against Hamas.

The prosecution defended its questioning and Daniels’ details of the alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump and ultimately, the judge denied the requests for a mistrial — chiding the defense for not objecting more during testimony.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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