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CHIDING

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• CHIDING (noun)
The noun CHIDING has 1 sense:

1. rebuking a person harshly

Familiarity information: CHIDING used as a noun is very rare.

• CHIDING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Rebuking a person harshly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

chiding; objurgation; scolding; tongue-lashing

Hypernyms ("chiding" is a kind of...):

rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chiding"):

wig; wigging (British slang for a scolding)

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(English proverb)
"Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it."
(Native American proverb, Crow)
"Your nose is a part of you even if it is ugly."
(Arabic proverb)
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
(Corsican proverb)

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