reprimand, rebuke; upbraid, berate; use loud and abusive language
one who frequently reprimands others with abusive language; rude woman who fights often and is considered a public nuisance
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Scold Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
(v. i.)
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.
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.
(n.)
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
(n.)
A scolding; a brawl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA scolding; a brawl.
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. pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever i was forced to scold.
scold
\scold\, v. t. to chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
scold
\scold\, n.
1. one who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew. she is an irksome, brawling scold.
2. a scolding; a brawl.
scold
n : someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault [syn: 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"; "check" is archaic [syn: rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, 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]
similar words(1)
common scold
Cecren = n. a shrew, a scold
Mabwraig = n. a virago, a scold
Tafodi = v. to tongue; to scold
Noun
1. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
(synonym) scolder, nag, nagger, common scold
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
(hyponym) harridan
(derivation) grouch, grumble
Verb
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"
(synonym) call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
(hyponym) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
(derivation) scolder, nag, nagger, common scold
2. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
(synonym) grouch, grumble
(hypernym) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
(derivation) scolder, nag, nagger, common scold
Scold Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species of public nuisance—a troublesome and angry woman who broke the public peace by habitually arguing and quarreling with her neighbours. The Latin name for the offender, communis rixatrix, appears in the feminine gender and makes it clear that only women could commit this crime.
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