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| NOUN | 1 | scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold | Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault |
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| VERB | 1 | scold, call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | Censure severely or angrily |
| 2 | scold, grouch, grumble | Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude |
| Sounds | skow'ld |
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| Rhymes | behold, billfold, blindfold, and 48 more rhymes in owld... |
| Meaning | Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault. |
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| Synonyms | scolder, nag, nagger, common scold |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person |
| Narrower | harridan |
| Verbs | scold |
| Meaning | Censure severely or angrily. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot scold Sue |
| Examples | "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car" |
| Synonyms | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart |
| Narrower | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct; tell off, brush down |
| Nouns | scolding; scolder |
| Participle | scolding |
| Meaning | Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong" |
| Synonyms | grouch, grumble |
| Broader | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch |
| Nouns | scold, scolder |
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