Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1intransitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
- 3noun
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
- 4noun
A scolding; a brawl.
- 5noun
someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- 6verb
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
- 7verb
show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
"He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"
"We grumbled about the increased work load"
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