In such cases, adults should not scold them instantly, but be patient with them, considering their mental growth.
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Scold
//skoʊld//
Synonyms for "scold" (211 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
183 translations across 60 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄνομαι verb (rebuke)
Arabic
2 entries- اِمْرَأَة سَلِيطَة noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- وَبَّخَ verb (rebuke)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- danlamaq verb (rebuke)
- söymək verb (rebuke)
Belarusian
2 entries- га́ніць verb (rebuke)
- ла́яць verb (rebuke)
Bulgarian
3 entries- гълча́ verb (rebuke)
- карам се verb (rebuke)
- хокам verb (rebuke)
Burmese
4 entries- ကြိမ်း verb (rebuke)
- ဆို verb (rebuke)
- ဆူ verb (rebuke)
- မာန် verb (rebuke)
Catalan
2 entries- renyar verb (rebuke)
- renyir verb (rebuke)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎬᏍᎪᎸᏍᎦ verb (rebuke)
Chinese
1 entries- ма verb (rebuke)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 叱罵 /叱骂 verb (rebuke)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 叱 verb (rebuke)
- 罵 /骂 verb (rebuke)
- 訓斥 /训斥 verb (rebuke)
- 責罵 /责骂 verb (rebuke)
Church Slavic
1 entries- лаꙗти verb (rebuke)
Cornish
1 entries- keredhi verb (rebuke)
Czech
4 entries- fúrie noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- megera noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- semetrika noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- kárat verb (rebuke)
Danish
1 entries- skælde ud verb (rebuke)
Dutch
4 entries- helleveeg noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- kreng noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- viswijf noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- bekijven verb (rebuke)
Esperanto
1 entries- skoldi verb (rebuke)
Finnish
4 entries- kääkkä noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- moittia verb (rebuke)
- nuhdella verb (rebuke)
- parjata verb (rebuke)
French
4 entries- chipie noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- furie noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- mégère noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- gronder verb (rebuke)
Galician
1 entries- rifar verb (rebuke)
German
4 entries- Beißzange noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- Xanthippe noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- ausschimpfen verb (rebuke)
- beschimpfen verb (rebuke)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽 verb (rebuke)
Greek
2 entries- μέγαιρα noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- στρίγγλα noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
Hindi
2 entries- डाँटना verb (rebuke)
- फटकारना verb (rebuke)
Hungarian
1 entries- megorrol verb (rebuke)
Icelandic
4 entries- fá skömm í hattinn verb (rebuke)
- hundskamma verb (rebuke)
- láta skömmunum rigna yfir verb (rebuke)
- skamma verb (rebuke)
Ingrian
4 entries- kankaroittaa verb (rebuke)
- laittaa verb (rebuke)
- moittia verb (rebuke)
- narria verb (rebuke)
Irish
2 entries- agóid noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- sceamh ar verb (rebuke)
Italian
4 entries- bisbetica noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- brontolona noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- linguaccia noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- linguacciuta noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
Japanese
2 entries- 叱る verb (rebuke)
- 罵る verb (rebuke)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thūoh verb (rebuke)
Khmer
4 entries- កិន verb (rebuke)
- ចិញ្ច្រាំ verb (rebuke)
- ជេរ verb (rebuke)
- ដាប់ verb (rebuke)
Korean
4 entries- 꾸짖다 verb (rebuke)
- 욕하다 verb (rebuke)
- 책하다 verb (rebuke)
- 혼내다 verb (rebuke)
Lao
4 entries- ດ່າ verb (rebuke)
- ປ້ອຍ verb (rebuke)
- ຮ້າຍດ່າ verb (rebuke)
- ຮ້າຽ verb (rebuke)
Latin
2 entries- castīgō verb (rebuke)
- obiurgō verb (rebuke)
Macedonian
1 entries- кара verb (rebuke)
Māori
4 entries- ko(w)hete verb (rebuke)
- koeka verb (rebuke)
- kō(w)hete(w)hete verb (rebuke)
- pātotoi verb (rebuke)
Nahuatl
1 entries- ahhua verb (rebuke)
Norwegian
2 entries- skjelle verb (rebuke)
- skjenne verb (rebuke)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- лаꙗти verb (rebuke)
Polish
4 entries- besztać verb (rebuke)
- ganić verb (rebuke)
- karcić verb (rebuke)
- rugać verb (rebuke)
Portuguese
4 entries- megera noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- brigar verb (rebuke)
- ralhar verb (rebuke)
- repreender verb (rebuke)
Romanian
1 entries- certa verb (rebuke)
Russian
4 entries- меге́ра noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- сварли́вая же́нщина noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- брани́ть verb (rebuke)
- вы́бранить verb (rebuke)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cronaich verb (rebuke)
- càin verb (rebuke)
- troid verb (rebuke)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- izgrditi verb (rebuke)
- ukoriti verb (rebuke)
- изгрдити verb (rebuke)
- укорити verb (rebuke)
Slovak
2 entries- karhať verb (rebuke)
- nadávať verb (rebuke)
Slovene
4 entries- karati verb (rebuke)
- okarati verb (rebuke)
- ošteti verb (rebuke)
- oštevati verb (rebuke)
Spanish
4 entries- amonestar verb (rebuke)
- desalabar verb (rebuke)
- execrar verb (rebuke)
- flagelar verb (rebuke)
Swedish
2 entries- argbigga noun (person who scolds, particularly a woman)
- skälla ut verb (rebuke)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagalitan verb (rebuke)
- pagsabihan verb (rebuke)
Tamil
1 entries- திட்டு verb (rebuke)
Thai
2 entries- ดุ verb (rebuke)
- ด่า verb (rebuke)
Tocharian B
1 entries- nāk verb (rebuke)
Ukrainian
4 entries- га́нити verb (rebuke)
- карта́ти verb (rebuke)
- ла́яти verb (rebuke)
- свари́ти verb (rebuke)
Urdu
1 entries- ڈانٹنا verb (rebuke)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chửi verb (rebuke)
- mắng verb (rebuke)
Welsh
2 entries- ceryddu verb (rebuke)
- dwrdio verb (rebuke)
White Hmong
1 entries- cem verb (rebuke)
Zazaki
2 entries- nengi çinen verb (rebuke)
- nengi çinen verb (rebuke)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
If I scold you, it is not that I am angry.
Source: tatoeba (68818)
If I scold you, it is that I want you to improve.
Source: tatoeba (237679)
Children like those who scold them with love.
Source: tatoeba (246056)
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