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"
If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish. Cross chided himself for worrying He gently chided the two women. = scold. to tell someone that you do not approve of something that they have done or said = scold