Definition of scold

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Scold (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..

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Scold :: Scold (n.) A scolding; a brawl.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling..
Callet :: Callet (n.) A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
Claw :: Claw (n.) To rail at; to scold.
Brawl :: Brawl (v. i.) To complain loudly; to scold.
Chide :: Chide (p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Berattle :: Berattle (v. t.) To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.
Scolding :: Scolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scol.
Shrew :: Shrew (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold..
Scolding :: Scolding () a. & n. from Scold, v..
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To scold; to rail at.
Fault-finder :: Fault-finder (n.) One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..
Scolder :: Scolder (n.) One who scolds.
Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..
Frab :: Frab (v. i. & t.) To scold; to nag.
Jaw :: Jaw (v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The old squaw.
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