Scold

Noun

 * 1)  A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Related terms

 * scold's bridle

Verb

 * 1) To rebuke.
 * 2) * 1813: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
 * A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her &mdash;

Synonyms

 * objurgate
 * rebuke
 * See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Adverbs for Scold
harshly; pedantically; maddeningly; monotonously; irritatingly; exasperatingly; malignantly; shrewishly.

Thesaurus
Xanthippe, admonish, amazon, baste, battle-ax, bawl out, beldam, belittler, berate, bitch, blame, blister, brace, bring to book, cackle, call, call to account, captious critic, carol, carper, carpet, castigate, cat, caviler, caw, censor, censure, censurer, chastise, chatter, cheep, chew, chew out, chide, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, common scold, coo, correct, critic, criticize, criticizer, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, denounce, dress down, drum, excoriate, execrate, faultfinder, fishwife, frondeur, fury, gabble, gaggle, gobble, grill, grouch, grouse, grunt, guggle, harass, harpy, harridan, have words with, honk, hoo, hoot, hound, jaw, lash, lecture, mob, momus, murmur, mutter, nag, nitpicker, objurgate, ogress, peep, pettifogger, pip, pipe, quack, quibbler, rag, rail, rant, rate, ream out, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, roll, row, set down, set straight, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, sing, smellfungus, spank, spitfire, squawk, straighten out, take down, take to task, tell off, termagant, tigress, tongue, tongue-lash, trill, tweet, twit, twitter, upbraid, virago, vituperate, vixen, warble, whistle, wig, witch

Etymology
From Old Norse skald "poet". English since the 12th century.

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * French: mégère


 * Italian: bisbetica, brontolona
 * Russian: сварливая, мегера

Verb

 * Arabic: وبخ
 * Bosnian: izgrditi, ukoriti
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  訓斥,  训斥,  責罵,  责骂
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: beschimpfen,,  ,  ausschimpfen
 * Icelandic: skamma, hundskamma,, láta skömmunum rigna yfir, sneypa, fá skömm í hattinn
 * Icelandic: skamma, hundskamma,, láta skömmunum rigna yfir, sneypa, fá skömm í hattinn


 * Italian:, , riprendere
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 꾸짖다
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: бранить, выбранить ,  ругать ,  отругать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * clods
 * colds