scold

1. 1

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

   • A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,
   • “Well, I won’t have it, and that’s enough.” She laughed, for her voice had a little been that of the professional scold.

1. 1

   To rebuke angrily.ambitransitive

   • I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.
2. 2

   Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.

3. 3

   Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.

   • [T]he merry songsters of the wood now filled the air with their jubilee; the nutcracker began his monotonous clattering, the chaffinches and the wrens sang high in the sky, the blackcock scolded and blustered loudly, the thrush sang his moc
4. 4

   Misconstruction of scald.alt-ofmisconstruction

syn. criticize