Scold Definition

skōld
scolded, scolding, scolds
verb
scolded, scolding, scolds
To find fault with angrily; rebuke or chide severely.
Webster's New World
To find fault angrily.
Webster's New World
To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
American Heritage
To use abusive language habitually.
Webster's New World

To rebuke.

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noun
scolds
One who persistently nags or criticizes.
American Heritage
A person, esp. a woman, who habitually uses abusive language.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Scold

Noun

Singular:
scold
Plural:
scolds

Origin of Scold

  • Middle English scolden to be abusive from scolde an abusive person probably of Scandinavian origin sekw-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse skald "poet". English since the 12th century.

    From Wiktionary

Scold Sentence Examples

  • Don't scold him when he has an accident.

  • One hasn't the heart to scold her, she is so much to be pitied.

  • If she doesn't like a particular food, though, don't scold her or try to force her to eat it.

  • Do you think a parent doesn't scold a child?

  • Every quarrel, however, was soon made up. During twenty years the disciple continued to worship the master; the master continued to scold the disciple, to sneer at him, and to love him.

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