scolds
Meaning of scolds
verb, 3rd person present
- remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.
Mum took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour
- a person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman).
his mother was the village scold
the fiscal scolds insist that reform will make everything even worse
Middle English (as a noun): probably from Old Norse skáld ‘skald’.
Information about scolds
- The singular form of scolds is: scold.
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Hyphenation of scolds
scolds
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- scolds is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
scolds synonyms
Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:
Meaning address a reprimand to:
Meaning accuse someone of:
Meaning reprimand (someone):
Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:
Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:
Meaning scold or rebuke:
Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:
Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:
Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag:
Meaning punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern:
Meaning reprimand severely:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, typically worn by judges and barristers in law courts or by people trying to conceal their baldness:
Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:
Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:
Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:
Meaning reprimand:
Meaning rebuke severely; scold:
Meaning an expression of blame or disapproval:
Meaning a firm warning or reprimand:
Meaning the expression of blame or disapproval:
Meaning talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone):
Meaning a harsh criticism:
Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:
Meaning a prolonged and angry reprimand:
Meaning the action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire:
Meaning a beating with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning carpets collectively:
Meaning exuberantly lively and amusing:
Meaning a severe rebuke:
Meaning a classification or ranking of someone or something based on a comparative assessment of their quality, standard, or performance:
Meaning a severe reprimand:
Meaning a person who nags someone:
Meaning a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman:
Meaning a coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting:
Meaning a rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face:
Meaning a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman:
Meaning a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman:
Meaning a person who expresses dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:
Meaning a person who complains a great deal:
Meaning archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun):
scolds antonyms
Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:
Meaning politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something:
Meaning formal or official praise:
Words that rhyme with scolds
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