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Meanings of scolding in inglés

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Rebuking a person harshly.

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        Usage of scolding in inglés
        1
        She no longer heard Georg Riegg, still scolding, calling for the watch.
        The hangman's daughter
        2
        Gervaise listened with a faint smile; she had no idea of scolding.
        L'Assommoir
        3
        He bound his handkerchief over the wound, scolding away in the meantime.
        Men, Women, and Boats
        4
        The Commandante gave them a scolding and we went out in triumph.
        Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
        5
        I stand and cross my arms, waiting for the scolding to start.
        Divergent
        6
        Law is like a scolding wife; very bad when it follows us.
        The American Union Speaker
        7
        But a scolding is no novelty in my experience of Lady Lundie.
        Man and Wife
        8
        But you are all right; you haven't an idea of scolding me.
        The Rebel of the School
        9
        As he was always scolding and quarrelling, I always spoke in rhyme.
        Old Fritz and the New Era
        10
        She was stormy in her grief, and I heard friend Afton scolding.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        11
        He summoned the judges to Whitehall and gave them a tremendous scolding.
        The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck: A Scandal of the XVIIth Centur...
        12
        Skvortsov flew into a rage and gave the beggar a merciless scolding.
        The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
        13
        But I am not scolding you, man; I am not scolding you.
        Dona Perfecta
        14
        The scolding that I had given them had produced a good effect.
        Ismailia
        15
        He made little reply to the storm of scolding that met him.
        Rolf in the Woods
        16
        He would go to Mr. Lin, confess everything and take the scolding.
        A Chinese Wonder Book
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        Translations for scolding
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        Scolding through the time
        Scolding across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common