scold
US: /ˈskoʊɫd/
UK: /skˈəʊld/
UK: /skˈəʊld/
English Vietnamese dictionary
scold /skould/
- động từ
- rầy la, trách mắng, mắng mỏ; gắt gỏng
- rầy la, trách mắng, mắng mỏ; gắt gỏng
- danh từ
- người đàn bà bẳn tính, người đàn bà hay gắt gỏng; người đàn bà hay chửi rủa
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
~ sb (for sth / for doing sth) (formal) to speak angrily to sb, especially a child, because they have done sth wrong
Synonym: TELL OFF
[VN] He scolded them for arriving late. [also V speech, V]
scolding noun [usually sing.]: I got a scolding from my mother.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 reprimand, chide, reprove, upbraid, criticize, censure, find fault (with), rebuke, reproach, lecture, berate, rate, castigate, take (someone) to task, find fault with, rap (someone's) knuckles, slap (someone's) wrist, Colloq bawl out, dress down, give (someone) hell, give (someone) what for, jump on (someone), jump down (someone's) throat, call (someone) to account, bring (someone) to book, let (someone) have it with both barrels, give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind, give (someone) a tongue-lashing or a talking-to, give (someone) a hard time, rake or haul (someone) over the coals, tell (someone) off, tick (someone) off, skin (someone) alive, call or have (someone) on the carpet, light or rip or tear or lace or sail into (someone), US chew out, jump all over (someone), Brit carpet:
When their mother scolded them, they began to cry.
n.
2 nag, shrew, termagant, virago, fishwife, beldam, harridan, hell-cat, fury, amazon, tigress, Xanthippe, Colloq battleaxe:
In the old days, they used to take scolds, tie them in a chair at the end of a pole, and dunk them in a pond till they cooled off.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
gently | severely
PREP.
for
Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behaviour.
Concise English dictionary
scolds|scolded|scoldingskəʊld
noun
+someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
verb
+censure severely or angrily
+show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
