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Definition of scold verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

scold

verb

NAmE//skoʊld//

[transitive, intransitive] scold somebody (for something/for doing something) (+ speech) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they scold

he / she / it scolds

past simple scolded

-ing form scolding

to speak angrily to someone, especially a child, because they have done something wrong synonym rebuke He scolded them for arriving late.

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scolding

noun [usually singular] I got a scolding from my mother.See scold in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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