'Scold' definitions:
Definition of 'scold'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold]
verb
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]
verb
Definition of 'Scold'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scold'
From: GCIDE
- Scold \Scold\, v. t. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scold'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'scold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Xanthippe