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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Scolded :: Scolded (imp. & p. p.) of Scol.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Nag :: Nag (v. t. & i.) To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.
Jobation :: "Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof..
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.
Berattle :: Berattle (v. t.) To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.
Tumbril :: Tumbril (n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
Scolding :: Scolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scol.
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Chidester :: Chidester (n.) A female scold.
Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
Shrewd :: Shrewd (superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish..
Shrew :: Shrew (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold..
Scold :: Scold (n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice..
Rixatrix :: Rixatrix (n.) A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold.
Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..
Wig :: Wig (v. t.) To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
Scoldingly :: Scoldingly (adv.) In a scolding manner.
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