chidden, ppl. a.
(ˈtʃɪd(ə)n)
[pa. pple. of chide v.]
Reproved, rebuked, scolded.
| 1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. ii. 46 If we..flye like chidden Mercurie from Ioue. 1651 Jer. Taylor Serm. Rom. ii. 4 Pt. ii, The blushings of a chidden girle. 1865 G. Macdonald A. Forbes 113 As a chidden dog might steal across the room. |