Scold

scold
    n 1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by
         constantly finding fault [syn: {scold}, {scolder}, {nag},
         {nagger}, {common scold}]
    v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
         for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
         Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
         bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to
         task}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
         {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
         {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
         {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
    2: show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded
       about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about
       the increased work load" [syn: {grouch}, {grumble}, {scold}]
    

Scold \Scold\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scolded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scolding}.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan,
   Dan. skielde.]
   To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter
   harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely;
   -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
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         Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever
         I was forced to scold.                   --Shak.
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Scold \Scold\, v. t.
   To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke
   or reprove with severity.
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Scold \Scold\, n.
   1. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a
      rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
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            She is an irksome, brawling scold.    --Shak.
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   2. A scolding; a brawl.
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139 Moby Thesaurus words for "scold":
      Xanthippe, admonish, amazon, baste, battle-ax, bawl out, beldam,
      belittler, berate, bitch, blame, blister, brace, bring to book,
      cackle, call, call to account, captious critic, carol, carper,
      carpet, castigate, cat, caviler, caw, censor, censure, censurer,
      chastise, chatter, cheep, chew, chew out, chide, chirk, chirp,
      chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo,
      common scold, coo, correct, critic, criticize, criticizer, croak,
      cronk, crow, cuckoo, denounce, dress down, drum, excoriate,
      execrate, faultfinder, fishwife, frondeur, fury, gabble, gaggle,
      gobble, grill, grouch, grouse, grunt, guggle, harass, harpy,
      harridan, have words with, honk, hoo, hoot, hound, jaw, lash,
      lecture, mob, momus, murmur, mutter, nag, nitpicker, objurgate,
      ogress, peep, pettifogger, pip, pipe, quack, quibbler, rag, rail,
      rant, rate, ream out, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach,
      reprobate, reprove, revile, roll, row, set down, set straight,
      she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, sing, smellfungus, spank, spitfire,
      squawk, straighten out, take down, take to task, tell off,
      termagant, tigress, tongue, tongue-lash, trill, tweet, twit,
      twitter, upbraid, virago, vituperate, vixen, warble, whistle, wig,
      witch