scoldverb [ T ]
uk/skəʊld/us/skoʊld/old-fashionedto speak to someone angrily because you disapprove of their behaviour:
His mother scolded him for breaking her favourite vase.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- beat yourself up
- bring
- come down on sb like a ton of bricks idiom
- dressing-down
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- tirade
- upbraid
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scolding
adjective uk/ˈskəʊl.dɪŋ/us/ˈskoʊl.dɪŋ/
scolding
noun [ C ] uk/ˈskəʊl.dɪŋ/us/ˈskoʊl.dɪŋ/
He gave his son a scolding for coming home so late.