Synonyms:
scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common_scold
Meaning: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast
Meaning: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Synonyms:
grouch, grumble, scold
Meaning: show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
Usage examples
'Don't scold, dear.
'Don't scold, Margaret.
But you are here, beloved one, and I will not scold.
"Now, don't scold," she pleaded, and the countess could go no further.
But the fact was that she was growing quite tired of having no one to scold.
"Edward," said Edith, "scold Pablo; he has been ill-treating my poor cat; he is a cruel boy."
I've walked a thousand miles to-day, and they have done nothing but scold me from morning until night.
"Poor, poor little mother, working away happy up there, and I've got to go and scold you," Una agonized.
But won't she scold me, though, for sleeping away here in a strange house, instead of helping her at market!'
We'll all work together in the garden, shall we, and you and Mary must scold me if you think I'm not working hard enough.