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Verb
“You should never have done that,” she scolded.
he scolded the kids for not cleaning up the mess they had made in the kitchen
Noun
He can be a bit of a scold sometimes.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
Dolores returns to scold her grandson for badmouthing her during the show’s Día de los Muertos episode, which airs on NBC on Friday, Oct. 25.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
His showdowns with the head of the local diocese, played as a puckish scold by Malcolm McDowell, are some of the best in the film.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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Verb
Still, watching Hannah scold him about everything, from 401(k)s to boiling water to phone bills, from ordering him to walk a dog that doesn’t belong to him to telling him that riding hotel pool furniture would give her the ick, was painful.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
Dolores returns to scold her grandson for badmouthing her during the show’s Día de los Muertos episode, which airs on NBC on Friday, Oct. 25.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
Don’t be a scold, don’t be a moaner, don’t be a finger-wagging elitist, don’t be an eco-bore, don’t be a mentally ill homeless guy.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
His showdowns with the head of the local diocese, played as a puckish scold by Malcolm McDowell, are some of the best in the film.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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“Scold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scold. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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scold
1 of 2 noun
: a person who scolds constantly
scold
2 of 2 verb1
: to find fault noisily or angrily
2
: to criticize severely or angrily
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