Scold Definition

skōld
scolded, scolding, scolds
verb
scolded, scolding, scolds
To find fault with angrily; rebuke or chide severely.
Webster's New World
To find fault angrily.
Webster's New World
To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
American Heritage
To use abusive language habitually.
Webster's New World

To rebuke.

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
noun
scolds
One who persistently nags or criticizes.
American Heritage
A person, esp. a woman, who habitually uses abusive language.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scold

Noun

Singular:
scold
Plural:
scolds

Origin of Scold

  • Middle English scolden to be abusive from scolde an abusive person probably of Scandinavian origin sekw-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse skald "poet". English since the 12th century.

    From Wiktionary

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