scold

5 definitions found

scold - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scold \Scold\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scolded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Scolding.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan,
     Dan. skielde.]
     To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter
     harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely;
     -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
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           Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever
           I was forced to scold.                   --Shak.
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  Scold \Scold\, v. t.
     To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke
     or reprove with severity.
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  Scold \Scold\, n.
     1. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a
        rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
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              She is an irksome, brawling scold.    --Shak.
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     2. A scolding; a brawl.
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scold - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scold
      n 1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by
           constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nag,
           nagger, common scold]
      v 1: 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" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task
           , rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture,
           reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
           chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
           chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
      2: show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded
         about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about
         the increased work load" [syn: grouch, grumble, scold]

scold - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  139 Moby Thesaurus words for "scold":
     Xanthippe, admonish, amazon, baste, battle-ax, bawl out, beldam,
     belittler, berate, bitch, blame, blister, brace, bring to book,
     cackle, call, call to account, captious critic, carol, carper,
     carpet, castigate, cat, caviler, caw, censor, censure, censurer,
     chastise, chatter, cheep, chew, chew out, chide, chirk, chirp,
     chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo,
     common scold, coo, correct, critic, criticize, criticizer, croak,
     cronk, crow, cuckoo, denounce, dress down, drum, excoriate,
     execrate, faultfinder, fishwife, frondeur, fury, gabble, gaggle,
     gobble, grill, grouch, grouse, grunt, guggle, harass, harpy,
     harridan, have words with, honk, hoo, hoot, hound, jaw, lash,
     lecture, mob, momus, murmur, mutter, nag, nitpicker, objurgate,
     ogress, peep, pettifogger, pip, pipe, quack, quibbler, rag, rail,
     rant, rate, ream out, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach,
     reprobate, reprove, revile, roll, row, set down, set straight,
     she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, sing, smellfungus, spank, spitfire,
     squawk, straighten out, take down, take to task, tell off,
     termagant, tigress, tongue, tongue-lash, trill, tweet, twit,
     twitter, upbraid, virago, vituperate, vixen, warble, whistle, wig,
     witch