Definition of Scolding

Noun: scolding  skówl-ding [N. Amer], skól-ding or skówl-ding [Brit]

1. Rebuking a person harshly
   - chiding, objurgation, tongue-lashing

Verb: scold  skówld [N. Amer], skóld or skówld [Brit]

1. Censure severely or angrily
   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";
   - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]
    
2. Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
   "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong";
   - grouch, grumble, moan

See also:
scolders
scoldings

Anagrams containing the word scolding

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