- call on the carpet: 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"
- (chiding) rebuking a person harshly
- Castigation (from the Latin castigatio), chastisement (via the French châtiment), or chiding is the infliction of severe (moral or corporal) punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser.
- to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach
- (chided) Simple past of chide
- (chiding) A scolding
- (v.) to voice disapproval (Hania chided Gregory for his vulgar habits and sloppy appearance.)
- [Ex.17:2; Judges 8:1; Ps. 103:9] contend angrily.
- Reprove, rebuke, compel.