scold

scold
v
1. chide, reprimand, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, upbraid, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue-lash; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate; chastise, rap [s.o.'s] knuckles, slap [s.o.'s] wrists; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of one's mind, Inf. tell [s.o.] a thing or two, tell off, tell [s.o.] where to get off; take [s.o.] to task, call down, Inf. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, give [s.o.] hell, Sl. lay [s.o.] out in lavender, Inf. rake over the coals, Inf. skin alive, Sl. pin [s.o.'s] ears back, Inf. blast or blast off, Sl. let [s.o.] have it with both barrels, Inf. jump on or all over, Inf. jump down [s.o.'s] throat, throw [s.t.] in [s.o.'s] face; call to account, bring to book, call on the carpet, read the riot act, lay down the law, lecture, talk to, admonish; Inf. come down hard on, Sl. light into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into, lace into, Inf. sail into, Inf. raise the roof; condemn, censure, reprobate, criticize, Inf. get down on [s.o.] remonstrate, animadvert on; denounce, denunciate, objurgate, berate, vituperate; blame, charge, accuse, impute, indict; inveigh against, rail against, decry, declaim, run down, fulminate against; lash, vilify, curse, revile, vilipend.
n
2. chider, rebuker, castigator, vituperator, re-viler; nag, fishwife, Sl. battle-ax; hag, crone, harridan, beldam; shrew, hellcat, Xanthippe, virago, termagant; fury, tigress, amazon.

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  • scold — n shrew, vixen, termagant, *virago, amazon scold vb Scold, upbraid, rate, berate, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail, revile, vituperate can all mean to reprove, reproach, or censure angrily, harshly, and more or less abusively. Scold,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • scold´er — scold «skohld», verb, noun. –v.t. to find fault with; blame with angry words: »His brother scolded him for breaking the baseball bat. –v.i. 1. to find fault; talk angrily: »Don t scold so much. 2. Obsolete. to quarrel noisily; brawl. ╂[< noun] …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scold — Scold, n. 1. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew. [1913 Webster] She is an irksome, brawling scold. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A scolding; a brawl. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scold — [skəuld US skould] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done = ↑tell off ▪ Do not scold the puppy, but simply and firmly say no. scold… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scold — scold·er; scold·ing·ly; scold; …   English syllables

  • Scold — Scold, v. t. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scold — [skōld] n. [ME scolde < ON skald, poet (prob. of satirical verses)] a person, esp. a woman, who habitually uses abusive language vt. [ME scolden < the n.] to find fault with angrily; rebuke or chide severely vi. 1. to find fault angrily 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • scold — index castigate, denounce (condemn), disapprove (condemn), fault, inveigh, rebuke, remonstrate …   Law dictionary

  • scold — (n.) mid 12c., person of ribald speech, also person fond of abusive language, from O.N. skald poet (see SKALD (Cf. skald)). The sense evolution may reflect the fact that Germanic poets (like their Celtic counterparts) were famously feared for… …   Etymology dictionary

  • scold — [v] find fault with abuse, admonish, asperse, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, censure, chasten, chide, criticize, denounce, disparage, dress down*, expostulate, give a talking to*, jump on*, keep aft*, lay down the law*, lecture, light into*,… …   New thesaurus

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