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Meanings of scolding in English
Synonyms
Examples for "chiding"
Examples for "chiding"
1
I am now rebuked for chiding the fears of my little maid.
2
Shooting Bon a chiding look, Emma took the potato from Lemmy's hand.
3
I walked quickly, chiding myself for the rising panic in my chest.
4
But this time, there was no head-shake, no anger, no chiding grin.
5
Now Marguerite was chiding herself for her doubts and for her fears.
1
The invincibly taciturn woman is so rare as to have escaped objurgation.
2
Seeing which his father quickly regained the paper, but continued his objurgation.
3
He has a horror of its wordy wars, its flood of objurgation.
4
But the irate old man finished his objurgation with the words:
5
Our chair coolies were in a constant state of objurgation in clearing a way.
1
After he gave me a tongue-lashing he left for home with Barbara.
2
But this verdict also came with a firm tongue-lashing from the judiciary.
3
But I may say I'm not especially anxious for a tongue-lashing to-night.
4
How would his own three sons have reacted to such a tongue-lashing?
5
Edd gave them a tongue-lashing and thrashing at one and the same time.
Usage of scolding in English
1
She no longer heard Georg Riegg, still scolding, calling for the watch.
2
Gervaise listened with a faint smile; she had no idea of scolding.
3
He bound his handkerchief over the wound, scolding away in the meantime.
4
The Commandante gave them a scolding and we went out in triumph.
5
I stand and cross my arms, waiting for the scolding to start.
6
Law is like a scolding wife; very bad when it follows us.
7
But a scolding is no novelty in my experience of Lady Lundie.
8
But you are all right; you haven't an idea of scolding me.
9
As he was always scolding and quarrelling, I always spoke in rhyme.
10
She was stormy in her grief, and I heard friend Afton scolding.
11
He summoned the judges to Whitehall and gave them a tremendous scolding.
12
Skvortsov flew into a rage and gave the beggar a merciless scolding.
13
But I am not scolding you, man; I am not scolding you.
14
The scolding that I had given them had produced a good effect.
15
He made little reply to the storm of scolding that met him.
16
He would go to Mr. Lin, confess everything and take the scolding.
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Scolding through the time
Scolding across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common