All chiding synonyms
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C c noun chiding
- what for β the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- slap in the face β smack on the cheek
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- rebuke β to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
- inculpation β to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- admonishment β to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- tongue-lashing β severe scolding
- rap β to carry off; transport.
- scolding β a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- talking-to β a scolding.
- impeachment β the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
- recrimination β the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
- ragging β a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
- reprehension β the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- dressing-down β a severe reprimand; scolding.
- earful β an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- reproach β to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- lecture β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- hard time β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- reproval β the act of reproving.
- reproof β the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
- preachment β the act of preaching.
- reprobation β disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- moralism β the habit of moralizing.
- reprimand β a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- lesson β a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- objurgation β to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
adjective chiding
- censorious β If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- condemnatory β Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- cavillous β Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.