scold
1. scold \'sko-ld\ n [ME scald, scold, prob. of Scand origin; akin to ON
ska-ld] poet, skald, Icel ska-lda to make scurrilous verse 1: one addicted
to abusive ribald speech 2: one who scolds habitually or persistently 3:
SCOLDING {a writing that is a ~}
2. scold vi obs 1: to quarrel noisily : BRAWL 2: to find fault noisily
1: to censure severely or angrily 2: REBUKE VITUPERATE mean to reproach
angrily and abusively. SCOLD implies rebuking in irritation or ill temper
justly or unjustly; UPBRAID implies censuring on definite and usu.
justifiable grounds; BERATE suggests prolonged and often abusive scolding;
RAIL (at or against) stresses an unrestrained berating; REVILE implies a
scurrilous, abusive attack prompted by anger or hatred; VITUPERATE suggests
a violent reviling - scold.er n SYN syn SCOLD, UPBRAID, BERATE, RAIL,
REVILE,