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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Verb
The mothers joined more than a dozen men to plead and scold for the missing on their list.—Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024 During what should be a happy time, 30% of Black women reported being ignored, scolded, or threatened while receiving maternity care—an experience far less common among white women.—Blake Simpson, Fortune, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for scold
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English scald, scold, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skāld poet, skald, Icelandic skālda to make scurrilous verse
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