Scolding Moderate

Scolding has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

rebuking a person harshly

chiding scolding objurgation tongue-lashing

A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

Verb

present participle of scold

See Also

rattle jawing browbeating slap down hearing scoldee chiding curtain lecture

Related Terms

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)

rebuke

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

wig

Rhyming Words

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