scold

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
2. Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
3. Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.
4. (alt-of, misconstruction) Misconstruction of scald.

Conceptes

renyar

reposar

reprendre

grunyir

mugir

rondinar

renyir

bonegar

reganyaire

amenaçar

reganyós

bramar

criticar

Sinònims

rebuke

reprimand

reprove

chide

reproach

tell off

berate

admonish

blame

abuse

curse

upbraid

censure

criticize

revile

insult

lecture

chew out

warn

bawl out

termagant

nag

call down

condemn

growl

grumble

shout at

exhort

lambaste

scolder

rag

dress down

objurgate

quarrel

yell at

abuse verbally

complain

common scold

accuse

chastise

slang

brawl

reproof

ridicule

intimidate

inveigh

harass

jaw

rate

chew up

Traduccions

gronder

réprimander

regañar

schelten

rimproverare

berispen

repreender

riprendere

rügen

reprender

beknorren

vorwerfen

incriminar

schimpfen

ausschimpfen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/skəʊld/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: scold

Heretat de anglès mitjà: scolden

Cognat amb islandès: skáld

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: skeltan

Cognat amb Old Dutch: skeldan

In summary

The noun is from Middle English scold(e), skald(e), first attested in the 12th or 13th century (as scold, scolde, skolde, skald). The verb is from Middle English scolden, first attested in the late 1300s. Most dictionaries derive the verb from the noun and say the noun is probably from Old Norse skald (“poet”) (cognate with Icelandic skáld (“poet, scop”)), as skalds sometimes wrote insulting poems, though another view is that the Norse and English words are cognate to each other and to Old High German skeltan, Old Dutch skeldan, all inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (“scold”).