chides

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She forbore to indulge even in the Silence that chides, and woundings of the eye Helen's was no common character.

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  1. transitive verb To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand: chided the boy for his sloppiness.
  2. intransitive verb To express disapproval.

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  • She chides, derides, derails, and haughtily laughs down her brahmin nose at us, the real people who make America work! —  Latest Articles
  • He chides, gently but firmly, those who have been over-indulging of late in the Manichaean politics of righteous Us vs. evil Them. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • A YouTube video chides Ticketmaster for various scenarios, such as a purchaser who falls ill and cannot go to a show to pick up a ticket. —  Winnipeg Sun
  • From time to time a relative chides me for not finishing business school. —  Gods of the Copybook Headings
  • : "When I first came out, everybody was trying to call me a gimmick rapper," he chides. —  Hip Hop News from HipHopGalaxy.com
 

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