scolding
/ˈskəʊldɪŋ
/noun
An angry rebuke or reprimand: she’d get a scolding from Victoria...
- From what I can tell from a number of the scoldings posted, she seemed to raise the ire of many.
- They represent gentle scoldings of the modern sensibility; they remind us of our unparalleled capacity for complacency and myopia.
- It seems that in spite of the many scoldings that I had received from him over the years, he really did support my dream from the beginning.
Rhymes
- hang fire
- hang-glide
- hang-glider
- hang-gliding
- hang heavily (or heavy)
- hangi
- hang in
- hanging
- hanging basket
- hanging committee
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- hanging indent
- hanging valley
- hanging wall
- hang in the air
- hang loose
- hangman
- hangnail
- hang on
- hang one's hat
- hang one's head (in shame)
- hang (or stay) loose
- hang out
- hang out one's shingle
- hangover