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verb (used with object) to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
verb (used without object) to find fault; reprove.
to use abusive language.
noun a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
common scold.
Origin of scold First recorded in 1150–1200; (noun) Middle English, variant of scald, from Old Norse skald “poet” (as author of insulting poems); see skald; (verb) Middle English scolden, derivative of the noun
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synonym study for scold 1 . See reproach.
OTHER WORDS FROM scold scold·a·ble, adjective scolder, noun scold·ing·ly, adverb outscold, verb (used with object)
un·scold·ed, adjective
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Words nearby scold scoffer, scofflaw, Scofield, scoinson arch, scoke, scold , scolding, scolding bridle, scolecite, scolex, scoliokyphosis
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Example sentences from the Web for scold And then I wonder if I would be such a scold with my patients about any other issue.
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Meanwhile, he was amassing furniture and bric-a-brac, just as the bird bits of straw; and he implored her not to scold him.
The latter awoke, rubbed his one good eye, and began to scold the rustic with great ill-humor.
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So instead of leaving these disgraceful little Ducks alone, which would perhaps have been wiser, she began to scold them.
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The boy's first impulse was to cry, but when he saw me he began to scold about having Beatrice loose in the barnyard.
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"I didn't want to ask you to post it, because I thought perhaps Mrs. Partridge would find out, and then she'd scold you," I said.
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British Dictionary definitions for scold verb to find fault with or reprimand (a person) harshly; chide
(intr) to use harsh or abusive language
noun a person, esp a woman, who constantly finds fault
Derived forms of scold scoldable , adjective scolder , noun scolding , noun scoldingly , adverb Word Origin for scold C13: from Old Norse skald
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Words related to scold criticize, castigate, taunt, denounce, chide, berate, blame, admonish, upbraid, censure, rebuke, reprimand, vilify, reproach, cavil, ream, reprobate, nag, revile, preach