All scold synonyms
scold
S s verb scold
- excoriate β Censure or criticize severely.
- cudgelled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- lay on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- ferule β a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- look daggers β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- give a piece of one's mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- kvetching β Present participle of kvetch.
- bawl out β If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- boil over β When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
- land on β any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- burn up β If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- caning β a beating with a cane as a punishment
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- lambaste β to beat or whip severely.
- bad mouth β Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- disciplining β Present participle of discipline.
- animadvert β to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- harangue β a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- cudgelling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- henpeck β to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.).
- carpeted β Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
- disciplined β having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- kvetch β to complain, especially chronically.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- groused β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- objurgate β to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- call on the carpet β (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
noun scold
- quibbler β an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- battleax β If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- backbiter β to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- faultfinder β a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- battleaxe β Alternative spelling of battle-ax.
- fire-eater β an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- hypercritic β a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hypercritics β a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- muckraker β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- carper β to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
- ogress β a roundel sable.
- fretter β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- muckrakers β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- disputer β One who disputes.
- mudslinger β One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- beldame β an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.