Word Meanings - SCOLD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SCOLD)

• Brawl
• Wrangle
• broil
• scold
• roar
• shout
• vociferate
• Censure
• Blame
• stricture
• reproach
• reprobate
• inculpate
• reprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• chide
• berate
• upbraid
• disapproval
• remonstrance
• rebuke
• reprimand
• dispiaise
• Chide
• Rate
• trounce
• blame
• admonish
• objurgate
• Shrew
• Vixen
• virago
• termagant
• Virago
• Termagant
• vixen
• shrew
• Jezebel

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SCOLD)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction
• Be silent
• speak low

Related words: (words related to SCOLD)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• ADMONISHER
  One who admonishes.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• SHOUTER
  One who shouts.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• VIRAGO
  1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior. To arms! to arms! the fierce virago cries. Pope. 2. Hence, a mannish woman; a bold, turbulent woman;
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• VIXENLY
  Like a vixen; vixenish. Barrow.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• REPREHENDER
  One who reprehends.
• CONDEMNER
  One who condemns or censures.
• OBJURGATE
  To chide; to reprove. (more info) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• DISEMBROIL
  To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion. Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison.
• WATER SHREW
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• PRECONDEMN
  To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.