scold
Meaning of scold
verb
- remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.
Mum took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour
- a person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman).
his mother was the village scold
the fiscal scolds insist that reform will make everything even worse
Middle English (as a noun): probably from Old Norse skáld ‘skald’.
Information about scold
- The plural form of scold is: scolds.
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Hyphenation of scold
scold
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- scold is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
scold synonyms
Meaning scolder:
Meaning call on the carpet:
rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, chide, berate, remonstrate, lambaste, lambast
Meaning grouch:
Meaning accuse someone of:
Meaning reprimand (someone):
Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:
Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:
Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:
Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern:
Meaning reprimand severely:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, typically worn by judges and barristers in law courts or by people trying to conceal their baldness:
Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:
Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:
Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:
Meaning reprimand:
Meaning rebuke severely; scold:
Meaning a firm warning or reprimand:
Meaning the expression of blame or disapproval:
Meaning a harsh criticism:
Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:
Meaning a prolonged and angry reprimand:
Meaning the action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire:
Meaning a beating with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning carpets collectively:
Meaning exuberantly lively and amusing:
Meaning a severe rebuke:
Meaning a classification or ranking of someone or something based on a comparative assessment of their quality, standard, or performance:
Meaning a severe reprimand:
Meaning a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman:
Meaning a coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting:
Meaning a rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face:
Meaning a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman:
Meaning a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman:
Meaning a person who expresses dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:
Meaning a person who complains a great deal:
Meaning archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun):
scold antonyms
Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:
Meaning politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something:
Meaning formal or official praise:
Translation of scold
- French: réprimander, gronder, rouspéter
- Spanish: reñir, regañar
- German: anherrschen, abkanzeln, ausschimpfen
- Italian: brontolone, criticone
Anagrams of scold
Words that rhyme with scold
Cold, cold, acold, ultracold, anticold, overcold, supercold, outscold
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