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Meanings of scold in English

Portuguese
rocim
Catalan
reganyós

Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.

        rocim
        Portuguese
        condenar
        Catalan
        renyar
        Spanish
        reprender a gritos

        Censure severely or angrily.

            condenar
            Portuguese
            ralhar
            Catalan
            grunyir

            Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.

                  ralhar
                  Usage of scold in English
                  1
                  As soon as you leave, she'll be free to scold me again.
                  Cruel Beauty
                  2
                  Then the Queen began to scold the little lady, and to say:
                  Popular Tales from the Norse
                  3
                  I wondered why she didn't scold me for being gone so long.
                  The Clan of the Cave Bear
                  4
                  Burtson conjured the words as a scold, but they emerged more plealike.
                  The apocalypse reader
                  5
                  Now they have something really to scold us about; but never mind.
                  Wild Kitty
                  6
                  But she found little to scold about; her discipline was too rigid.
                  The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
                  7
                  But Ruth would not let the guide scold the boy any more.
                  Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp; Or, Lost in the Backwoods
                  8
                  He sat down on the lowest branch and began to scold Jip.
                  Bunny Rabbit's Diary
                  9
                  Of course, our sergeant would scold us once in a while, too.
                  In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
                  10
                  Justin waited for Alice to scold Brandon in her soft, strict way.
                  The soul catcher
                  11
                  You sleep away the night, and laugh, or scold away the day.
                  Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 / The Work...
                  12
                  But it is mere childishness, and I must scold her for it.
                  The Wandering Jew — Volume 06
                  13
                  But he realized that he might as well scold at the sparrows.
                  One of Ours
                  14
                  If you were to scold me vicariously I should feel it less.
                  The Prime Minister
                  15
                  She said, I will scold you for being old before your time.
                  Dagmar's daughter
                  16
                  She used to scold me occasionally, but I expect I deserved it.
                  Marie Gourdon / A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence
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                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
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