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Defenition of the word scold

    • Defenition of the word scold

      • To hurl complaints or abuse in a loud and harsh voice.
      • Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
      • to rebuke
      • show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anyhting that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
      • censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
      • someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
      • 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"
      • show one''s unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
      • censure severely or angrily
      • show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

    Synonyms for the word scold

      • admonish
      • bawl out
      • berate
      • check
      • chew out
      • chew up
      • chide
      • common scold
      • discipline
      • dress down
      • grouch
      • growl
      • grumble
      • haul over the coals
      • have words
      • jaw
      • lambast
      • lambaste
      • lecture
      • nag
      • nagger
      • rag
      • rebuke
      • remonstrate
      • reprimand
      • reproach
      • reproof
      • scolder
      • tell off
      • tick off
      • yell at

    Similar words in the scold

      • scold
      • scolded
      • scolding
      • scoldings
      • scolds

    Hyponyms for the word scold

      • brush down
      • castigate
      • chasten
      • chastise
      • correct
      • harridan
      • objurgate
      • tell off

    Hypernyms for the word scold

      • complain
      • criticise
      • criticize
      • disagreeable person
      • kick
      • knock
      • kvetch
      • pick apart
      • plain
      • quetch
      • sound off
      • unpleasant person

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