SCOLD
\skˈə͡ʊld], \skˈəʊld], \s_k_ˈəʊ_l_d]\
Definitions of SCOLD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
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show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
By Princeton University
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someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
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show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A scolding; a brawl.
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To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; - often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
By Oddity Software
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A scolding; a brawl.
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To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; - often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
By Noah Webster.
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To chide sharply or rudely; speak in a loud or violent manner.
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To find fault with; rebuke severely.
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One who habitually finds fault.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To rail in a loud and violent manner: to find fault.
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To chide rudely: to rebuke in words.
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A rude, clamorous woman.
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SCOLDER.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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