scold

//skoʊld//
B2Frequency Level 11Neutral
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Verb

scoldInfinitive
scoldPresent tense
scoldedPast tense
scoldedPast participle
scoldingPresent participle
scoldsThird-person singular
1

To rebuke or criticize someone angrily and at length.

The teacher scolded the students for not doing their homework.

2

To speak to someone in an angry, disapproving way, especially a child.

The mother scolded her son for breaking the vase.

Noun

1

A person, especially a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly.

My neighbor is such a scold, always complaining about everything.