SCOLD meaning: Reprimand someone angrily or harshly

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word Scold:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

scold: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scold: Merriam-Webster
scold: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
scold: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
scold: Collins English Dictionary
scold: Vocabulary.com
Scold, scold: Wordnik
scold: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
scold: Wiktionary
scold: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
scold: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
scold: Infoplease Dictionary
scold: Dictionary.com
scold (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
scold: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Scold: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Scold: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
scold: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
scold: Rhymezone
scold: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
scold: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
scold: FreeDictionary.org
scold: Mnemonic Dictionary
scold: TheFreeDictionary.com
scold: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
scold: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

scold: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

scold: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

scold: Urban Dictionary

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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.]

Similar:

nagger, chide, berate, grouch, lambaste, bawl out, chew out, lambast, grumble, scolder, more...

Opposite:

praise, commend, compliment, applaud

Types:

chide, berate, reprimand, admonish, dehort, more...

Phrases:

Common scold, to scold, scold gently, lightly scold, scold slightly, more...

Adjectives:

common, old, female, great, good, little, public, notorious, unadvised, inveterate, terrible

Colors:

red, crimson, scarlet, maroon, burgundy, more...