“chode” is a form of
chide
/ t͡ʃaɪd/ verb
Forms chides chiding chid chided chode chidden
- verb (transitive, somewhat literary) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
- verb (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
- verb (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Synonyms
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
Etymology
From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
- verb Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against.
- verb To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
- verb To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Etymology [imp. Chid, or Chode (Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.]
Etymology [AS. cid]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “chide”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details