scold

scold is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
2. transitive verb. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
3. noun. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
4. noun. A scolding; a brawl.
5. noun. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

   Synonyms: nag, nagger, scolder

6. verb. censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

   "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

   Synonyms: berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, trounce

7. verb. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

   "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"

   "We grumbled about the increased work load"

   Synonyms: grouch, grumble

Synonyms

nag, nagger, scolder, berate, chide, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, trounce, grouch, grumble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scold:

clods, colds

Common word forms

scolds, scolded, scolder, scolding, scoldable

Words from these letters

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