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• v  censure severely or angrily

• In his preteens he had a brief, intense religious experience, going so far as to chide his assimilated family for eating pork.
• Government officials also chide Wilson for not delving into the details of the now infamous forged papers that pointed to a sale of uranium to Iraq.
• Media and political experts chide Aso, a former foreign minister, as too hawkish, gruff and outspoken.

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

News & Articles

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• Paula Deen Gets Fired: Ricky Gervais & More Stars React On Twitter
  As Paula got the ax for her unbelievable and shocking racist remarks, stars from Ricky to Patti Stanger took to Twitter to voice their disgust and chide the ignorant (former) Food Network star.
  June 22, 2013 - HollywoodLife

Quotes

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• Henry Paulson in This is London
  When he was running Goldman, Paulson says: "Every now and then I'd chide my colleagues about the dangers of the ostentatious lifestyles I saw among Goldman bankers. I'd get in front of the partners - I was never scripted - and say things like: You...
• Priyanka Gandhi in Hindu
  I will have to chide Rahul,Ms. Vadra said on Friday. "He chides me a lot. Now I will chide him. I am his sister and for me his life is precious."
• Ben Jonson in guardian.co.uk
  In his dedicatory poem to the Folio, Jonson described Shakespeare as a "star" whose "influence" would "chide or cheer" the future course of British drama.