chide

Verb

Verb Forms: chided, chid, chidden, chiding, chides

To express disapproval of; to scold gently.
censure severely or angrily
To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Examples

He couldn’t CHIDE his opponent for playing a short word if it opened up a bonus.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”).

Synonyms

bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce

Scrabble Score: 11

chide: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chide: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chide: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

chide: valid Words With Friends Word