Usually means: Reprimanded or criticized for wrongdoing.
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  1. scolded: Merriam-Webster
  2. scolded: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scolded: Vocabulary.com
  4. Scolded, scolded: Wordnik
  5. scolded: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scolded: Wiktionary
  7. scolded: Dictionary.com
  8. scolded: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Scolded: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Scolded: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. scolded: FreeDictionary.org
  12. scolded: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scolded: Legal dictionary

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  1. scolded: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scold)

noun:  A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
verb:  (ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
verb:  Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.
verb:  Misconstruction of scald [To burn with hot liquid.]
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