scold Definition

chide, berate, lambaste, lambast, nag, grumble, rebuke, nagger, grouch, reprimand, remonstrate, reproof, rag, lecture, check, jaw, bawl out, chew out, chew up, common scold, dress down, have words, scolder, criticize, punish, revile, condemn, curse, grunt, rail, chastise, rate, admonish, castigate, badmouth, excoriate, pester, heckle, misbehave, complain, yell, jeer, vilify, upbraid, hectoring, reproved, browbeat, rixatrix, rixation, siserary, reprimanding, rebuked, chastize, cajole, pilloried, shush, henpecking, reproached, cheerlead, condescend, kvetch, upbraider, lecturing, accuse, crucify, moralize, coddle, spank, inveigh, deride, embarrass, scorning, assail, snivel, goad, harangued, speechify, grovels, sassing, increpate, threap, bully, belittling, genuflect, humoring, accost, bellyached, sneered, fulminated, prattling, enamor, mutter, blathered, apologize, run afoul, pontificating, chortle, denounce, whined, misspeaks,