different between chide vs vilify

English

Etymology

From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ??dan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German k?dal (“wedge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

chide (third-person singular simple present chides, present participle chiding, simple past chid or chided or chode, past participle chid or chided or chidden)

1. (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Translations

Anagrams

• chedi

English

Etymology

From Late Latin v?lific?re, present active infinitive of v?lific? (“vilify”),

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?l.?.fa?/

Verb

vilify (third-person singular simple present vilifies, present participle vilifying, simple past and past participle vilified)

1. (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

   Synonyms: abuse, assail, criticize, decry, denigrate, demonize, denounce, libel, revile, slander, run down; see also Thesaurus:defame

   Antonyms: glorify, praise

2. (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.

   Synonyms: berate; see also Thesaurus:criticize

   Antonyms: glorify, praise

Derived terms

• vilification
• vilifiable
• vilifier

Related terms

• vile

Translations