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chidden

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Rebuked or scolded. It is an older past participle of “chide.”

Detailed Definition
In the phrase “as though chidden of God,” the pale winter sun is imagined as if it had been reprimanded or condemned by God. The unusual form gives the landscape a personified, morally troubled quality.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And the sun was white, as though chidden of God” means scolded or rebuked; Chidden by rain, the children abandon the field; The old verb gives the line a Biblical gravity; In a modern recasting, the sun seems chidden by smoke
Additional Notes
“Chidden” is an archaic past participle that many modern readers may not recognize in the evidence “as though chidden of God.”; Found in the poem, Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
scolded reprimanded chastised rebuked
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