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Scold

//skoʊld//

Synonyms for "scold" (178 found)

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Informal (56)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(17 words)

roll call rag chuck pipe row tell pip tongue twitter sing drum croak hoot clack chew gobble

Noun, verb, slang(16 words)

dress rate whistle bitch speak rail lace squawk cackle jaw peep chirp grunt baste spank carpet

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

cat crow lash cuckoo cronk

Intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

grill grouse trill

Verb, slang(5 words)

take down straighten out punish chew out ream out

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

she-wolf fishwife

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (122)

Noun, verb(28 words)

mind abuse chatter task blister rant nag harass censure murmur reproach critic gabble censor lecture reprimand warble bawl rebuke chirrup

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revile grouch shrew upbraid gaggle chirr guggle chitter

Verb(36 words)

rag jaw condemn set down trounce lecture reprimand criticize denounce lambaste grumble chew out chew up rebuke remonstrate grouch set straight admonish take to task berate

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execrate chastise chide bawl out reprehend reprove dress down bring to book tell off call down call to account objurgate have words tongue-lash lambast call on the carpet

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(8 words)

brace hound witch carol mutter gibe amazon cluck

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(24 words)

nag harpy tigress beldam virago pettifogger spitfire ogress harridan frondeur nitpicker faultfinder quibbler she-devil caviler battle-ax common scold smellfungus belittler Xanthippe

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criticizer censurer scolder nagger

Adj, noun, verb(2 words)

blame reprobate

Name, noun(2 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, verb(3 words)

vituperate castigate excoriate

Adv, intj, name, noun, pron(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Intj, noun(1 words)

cock-a-doodle-doo

Proper Noun(1 words)

common scold read the riot act have words with captious critic

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