scold
verb /skəʊld/
/skəʊld/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scold | /skəʊld/ /skəʊld/ |
| he / she / it scolds | /skəʊldz/ /skəʊldz/ |
| past simple scolded | /ˈskəʊldɪd/ /ˈskəʊldɪd/ |
| past participle scolded | /ˈskəʊldɪd/ /ˈskəʊldɪd/ |
| -ing form scolding | /ˈskəʊldɪŋ/ /ˈskəʊldɪŋ/ |
- to speak angrily to somebody, especially a child, because they have done something wrong synonym rebuke
- scold somebody (for doing something) He scolded them for arriving late.
- scold somebody for something Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behaviour.
- + speech ‘Don’t be such a baby!’ he scolded.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- lightly
- silently
- …
- for
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): probably from Old Norse skáld ‘skald’.