scolding

Meaning

Noun

A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.

Verb

present participle and gerund of scold

Synonyms

rebuke

reprimand

reproof

chiding

reproach

abuse

earful

reproval

faultfinding

telling-off

blowup

censure

rebuking

reviling

verbal abuse

swearing

invective

tongue-lashing

objurgation

rating

beating

name-calling

names

opprobrium

pepper-and-salt

punishment

railing

reprimanding

reproachful

reproachfully

reproving

revilement

roast

rough stuff

running

🏃

scold

slang

slanging

talking-to

telling

termagant

thrashing

thunder

🌩️

thunders

upbraiding

vilification

virago

vituperation

vociferation

warfare

wigging

blowing-up

sharp words

blackguardism

name calling

vulgar abuse

rixation

cockinʼ match

ear-settinʼ

admonition

tellig off

berating

blowing up

broom

🧹

castigation

censorious

critical

‼️

curse

cursing

denigration

dirt

dressing down

fault-finding

fight

fighting

giving out

ill humour

invectives

lamming

lashing

mouthing

Translations

gronderie

réprimande

regañina

regaño

Tadel

Schelte

Rüge

Verweis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskoʊldɪŋ/

Etymology

From scold + -ing.