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 Definitions of Scold  [ʊld]  

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Definition of 'Scold' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) scold
to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand.

2. (v.i.) scold
to find fault angrily; reprove.

3.  scold
to use abusive language.

4. (n.) scold
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.

Etymology:  (1150–1200; (n.) < ON skāld poet (as satirist); see skald)

Definition of 'Scold' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold
someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

2. (verb) 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
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"

3. (verb) grouch, grumble, scold
show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
"He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"


Definition of 'Scold' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Scold
one who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew

2. (noun) Scold
a scolding; a brawl

3. (verb) Scold
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

4. (verb) Scold
to chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity


Translation of 'Scold' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to criticize or blame loudly and angrily
She scolded the child for coming home so late.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: berispe Arabic flag Arabic: يُوَبِّخ، يُعَنِّف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мъмря
Brazilian flag Brazilian: repreender Czech flag Czech: hubovat German flag German: ausschelten
Danish flag Danish: skænde Greek flag Greek: μαλώνω, κατσαδιάζω Spanish flag Spanish: reñir, regañar
Estonian flag Estonian: tõrelema Farsi flag Farsi: پرخاش كردن Finnish flag Finnish: moittia
French flag French: gronder Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִנזוֹף Hindi flag Hindi: डांटना, गाली देना
Croatian flag Croatian: grditi, karati Hungarian flag Hungarian: (meg)szid Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengomeli
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skamma Italian flag Italian: sgridare, rimproverare Japanese flag Japanese: 叱る
Korean flag Korean: 꾸짖다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: barti Latvian flag Latvian: bārt
Malay flag Malay: memarahi Dutch flag Dutch: uitvaren tegen Norwegian flag Norwegian: skjelle ut, kjefte (på)
Polish flag Polish: besztać Persian flag Persian: پرخاش كردن Pashto flag Pashto: ښكنځل، زياړى كول، زورلې ك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: repreender Romanian flag Romanian: a certa Russian flag Russian: ругать
Slovak flag Slovak: nadávať, vynadať Slovenian flag Slovenian: oštevati Serbian flag Serbian: grditi
Swedish flag Swedish: skälla (gräla) på, banna Thai flag Thai: วิจารณ์หรือตำหนิออกมาด้วย Turkish flag Turkish: azarlamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 責罵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: лаяти, сварити Urdu flag Urdu: ڈانٹنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rầy la Chinese flag Chinese: 责骂

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