Definition of "chidden" [chidden]

• Past participle of chide (verb)
• Chided, reproved, rebuked or scolded (adjective)

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• "As the twilight drew on, its eager yearning for the fire mastered it, and with a great lifting and shifting of forefeet, it whined softly, then flattened its ears down in anticipation of being chidden by the man."
• "Those, thus chidden, also contracted and helped spread the contagion."
• "Believing in such stuff was for chidden and gullible savages."