scold

/skˈoʊld/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. censure severely or angrily
   “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”
2. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
   “He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong”

noun

1. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

Synonyms for scold

• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• lecture
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• remonstrate
• chew out
• grouch
• grumble
• scolder
• nag
• nagger
• common scold

Words that rhyme with scold

• hold
• cold
• mold
• fold
• mould
• old
• gold
• manifold
• threshold
• bold
• unfold
• blindfold
• foothold
• fourfold
• remold
• rolled
• threefold
• toehold
• twofold
• uphold
• chokehold
• freehold
• ninefold
• sevenfold
• sixfold
• stranglehold
• tenfold
• withhold
• behold
• billfold