Thesaurus: scold

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
3. n. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
4. n. A scolding; a brawl.
5. n. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
6. v. censure severely or angrily
7. v. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
8. 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. Shak. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity. 1. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew. She is an irksome, brawling scold. Shak. 2. A scolding; a brawl.
9. To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utterharsh, 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.Shak.
10. n:3/v:97 n. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault