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chidden
  1. chided, reproved, rebuked, scolded v

  2. (past participle of chide English)

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chidden

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chide
  1. v. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

  2. [also: chidden, chid]

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Chidden

Chidden is a hamlet in Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Waterlooville, approximately 4.5 miles away. Its nearest railway station was formerly at Meonstoke.

Category:Villages in Hampshire

Usage examples of "chidden".

The sea-deserted sand--like children chidden, At her command they ever came and went-- Since in that cave a dewy splendour hidden Took shape and motion: with the living form Of this embodied Power, the cave grew warm.

Shide aft to the relieving tackles--I had an idea the wheel might go--and put Chidden on the twelve-pounder on the bridge.

Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.

Saturday and Saturday night came and passed, and Alfred Stevens did not appear, a lurking dread that would not be chidden or kept down, continued to rise within her soul, which, without assuming any real form or decisive speech, was yet suggestive of complete overthrow and ruin.

Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.

The neighbors were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden When this old cap was new.

An early or late arrival among flowers and fruit cannot be hailed or chidden where there is but trifling seasonable variation.

While he is surveying the motley crowd of suitors to the goddess, Philogenet is summoned back into the King's presence, chidden for his tardiness in coming to Court, and commanded to swear observance to the twenty Statutes of Love -- which are recited at length.