If you scold someone, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. [formal]
If he finds out, he'll scold me. [VERB noun]
Later she scolded her daughter for having talked to her father like that. [VERB noun + for]
'You should be at school,' he scolded. [VERB with quote]
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VERB]Synonyms: reprimand, censure, rebuke, rate