scold

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

gronder

réprimander

reprendre

blâmer

reprocher

sermonner

mégère

admonester

exhorter

morigéner

sommer

engueuler

gourmander

tancer

réimperméabiliser

azorer

bougonner

chipie

🐮

critiquer

déchirer

disputer

furie

insulter

invectiver

offenser

rouspéter

enguirlander

Synonymes

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

Traductions

regañar

schelten

berispen

rimproverare

repreender

riprendere

beknorren

renyar

rügen

reprender

censurar

schimpfen

vorwerfen

censurar

ausschimpfen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skəʊld/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scold

Hérité de moyen anglais: scolden

Appartenant à islandais: skáld

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: skeltan

Appartenant à 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”).