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Definition of Scolding
1. Noun. Rebuking a person harshly.
Generic synonyms: Rebuke, Reprehension, Reprimand, Reproof, Reproval
Specialized synonyms: Wig, Wigging
Derivative terms: Chide, Objurgate, Scold
Definition of Scolding
1. Noun. A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of scold) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scolding
1. a harsh reproof [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scolding
Literary usage of Scolding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Liberty of the Press, Speech, and Public Worship: Being Commentaries on by James Paterson (1880)
"Distinction between slandering and scolding. ... scolding is an indictable
offence.2 It is peculiarly a female's offence, and the common law punishment was ..."
2. The Heroes of Methodism: Containing Sketches of Eminent Methodist Ministers by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1857)
"scolding DUNHAM. His characteristic plainness of speech and honest expression of
sentiment, among those who did not like his plain-dealing got him the ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"But, I do assure you, it is merely to avoid scolding that I set about this letter:
I don't mean your scolding, for you are all goodness to me; ..."
4. The Young Husband: Or, Duties of Man in the Marriage Relation by William Andrus Alcott (1846)
"TEASING AND scolding. Account of a teasing and scolding husband. Hard fate of
his wife. Bursts of anger. Permanent fretting Motives to cultivate a good ..."
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