OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 9076

scold

/skəʊld/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amonestar • desalabar • execrar • flagelar • reconvenir • recriminar • regañar • reprehender • reprochar • retar • reñir • vituperar
To rebuke angrily.
A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.
Phrases