scolds

Meaning of scolds

verb, 3rd person present
  1. remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.
    Mum took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour
plural noun
  1. 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 scolds

  • The singular form of scolds is: scold.
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Hyphenation of scolds

scolds

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • scolds is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

scolds synonyms

Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:

rebuke

Meaning address a reprimand to:

reprimand

Meaning accuse someone of:

reproach

Meaning reprimand (someone):

reprove

Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:

admonish

Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:

chastise

Meaning scold or rebuke:

chide

Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:

upbraid, upbraiding

Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:

berate

Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:

castigate, bollock

Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:

lambast

Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:

criticize

Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:

censure

Meaning criticize severely:

rap

Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:

blast

Meaning give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag:

rag

Meaning punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern:

keelhaul

Meaning reprimand severely:

carpet

Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:

monster

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:

wig

Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:

row

Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:

rate

Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:

trim

Meaning reprimand:

reprehend

Meaning rebuke severely; scold:

objurgate

Meaning an expression of blame or disapproval:

reproof

Meaning a firm warning or reprimand:

admonishment, admonition

Meaning the expression of blame or disapproval:

reproval

Meaning talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone):

lecture

Meaning a harsh criticism:

lambasting

Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:

criticism

Meaning a prolonged and angry reprimand:

earful

Meaning the action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire:

roasting

Meaning a beating with a cane as a punishment:

caning

Meaning carpets collectively:

carpeting

Meaning exuberantly lively and amusing:

rollicking

Meaning a severe rebuke:

wigging

Meaning a classification or ranking of someone or something based on a comparative assessment of their quality, standard, or performance:

rating

Meaning a severe reprimand:

bollocking

Meaning a person who nags someone:

nag

Meaning a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman:

shrew

Meaning a coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting:

fishwife

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:

harpy

Meaning a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman:

termagant

Meaning a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman:

harridan

Meaning a person who expresses dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:

complainer

Meaning a person who complains a great deal:

kvetch

Meaning archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun):

targe

scolds antonyms

Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:

praise

Meaning politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something:

compliment

Meaning formal or official praise:

commendation

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