nnoun.personsomeone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding faultSynset:common scold nag nagger scolder
Derivationally Related Form:nagscold
Hypernyms:disagreeable person unpleasant person
Inherited Hypernyms:scoldunpleasant personunwelcome personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:scoldunpleasant personunwelcome personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:harridan
vverb.communicationcensure severely or angrilySynset:bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand take to task trounce
Examples:- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Derivationally Related Form:rebukerchidingreprimandscoldingrebukelecturescolder
Hypernyms:criticise criticize knock pick apart
Inherited Hypernyms:call on the carpetknockcommentnotestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:brush downcastigatechastenchastisecorrectobjurgatetell off
Full Troponyms:chastiseflametell off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: remonstrate, jaw, have words) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: bawl out, chew up, chew out, scold, lambast, dress down, rag, rebuke, lambaste, berate)
vverb.communicationshow one's unhappiness or critical attitudeSynset:grouch grumble
Examples:- He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong
- We grumbled about the increased work load
Derivationally Related Form:grumblerscoldscoldergrouchgrumble
Hypernyms:complain kick kvetch plain quetch sound off
Inherited Hypernyms:grouchcomplain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP