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Meanings of common scold in English
Synonyms
Examples for "scold"
Examples for "scold"
1
As soon as you leave, she'll be free to scold me again.
2
Then the Queen began to scold the little lady, and to say:
3
I wondered why she didn't scold me for being gone so long.
4
Burtson conjured the words as a scold, but they emerged more plealike.
5
Now they have something really to scold us about; but never mind.
1
It was not in Kay's nature to nag; she let it drop.
2
He put the old nag in a lope down the rocky creek.
3
After a time the trotting nag overtook the trailers of the procession.
4
He put his find in his pocket and whipped up the nag.
5
With a kick he started the old nag and again pulled in.
1
He is simply a nagger of men that has had his day.
2
Holly may have personality problems, but she's a very efficient nagger.
3
Holly is a very good nagger, when she puts her mind to it.
4
But Milly was not a nagger, at least not with men.
5
To myself he confided that his host was a nagger.
1
Isn't mother the most interesting 'scolder' you ever listened to?
2
Mr Graham's transformation from scolder to sycophant was stunning to behold, but not necessarily surprising.
3
Those new houses up on Old Scolder Mountain cut across a sacred hunting ground.
4
All those houses going up on Old Scolder Mountain that was sacred ground for generations.
5
City fellow, late forties, big-shot executive, bought himself a bit of forest around Old Scolder Mountain.
Usage of common scold in English
1
I'm here merely in the office of chaperon and common scold.
2
He was made to order for the position of common scold in a country sewing-circle.
3
He had the tongue of a common scold, and he used it with malevolent abandon.
4
I could do nothing, though I talked till I was no better than a common scold.
5
Treason was punished with death, and common scolds were ducked in a pond until they were glad to hold their tongues.
6
"You're getting to be nothing better than a common scold, Ern," returned Roger with a laugh.