chiding /ˈt͡ʃaɪdɪŋ/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Reproachful; critical.it is better to dwell in a desert Desolate country, than in a house with a chiding and an angry wife. — 1592 noun1 •A scolding.The cause I never knew; one would have thought the knowledge of the guilt and misery which followed his former career, and above all the chidings of a wife whom he loved would have deterred him; […] — 1832 formschidings · more chiding · most chiding