Synonyms for Scold:

• n.

  •
  • savage,
  • harangue,
  • tear someone/something to pieces/shreds,
  • take/bring/hold someone to task.
  •admonish (noun)
  • cavil,
  • asperse,
  • chew down,
  • tell off,
  • keep after,
  • vilify,
  • rail,
  • give one a talking to,
  • reprobate,
  • disparage,
  • punish,
  • lay down the law,
  • expostulate with,
  • light into,
  • preach,
  • rate,
  • recriminate,
  • objurate,
  • rake over the coals,
  • blow up at.
  •battle-ax (noun)
  • battleaxe,
  • battleax.
  •bawl out (noun)
  • bawl.
  •carper (noun)
  • cavillers.
  •chew out (noun)
  • chew out.
  •chew up (noun)
  • chew up.
  •common scold (noun)
  • common scold.
  •dress down (noun)
  • dress down.
  •lambast (noun)
  • lambast.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • nagger,
  • virago,
  • Reviler,
  • Calumniator,
  • porcupines,
  • spitfire,
  • faultfinder,
  • battle-ax,
  • ogress,
  • fishwife,
  • caviller,
  • old biddy,
  • backbiters,
  • carper,
  • Vituperator,
  • shrew,
  • backbiter,
  • spitfires,
  • she-wolf,
  • she-devil,
  • revilers,
  • jives,
  • Castigator,
  • ogresses,
  • fire-eaters,
  • termagants,
  • muckraker,
  • rag,
  • fishwives,
  • jive,
  • hell cat,
  • fire-eater,
  • faultfinders,
  • castigators,
  • amazon,
  • porcupine,
  • tatter,
  • tatters,
  • muckrakers,
  • naggers,
  • Amazons,
  • vituperators,
  • tigress,
  • termagant.
  •protest (noun)
  • deprecation,
  • ridicule,
  • denigration,
  • disparagement,
  • objection,
  • complaint,
  • grievance,
  • protest,
  • detraction,
  • lamentation.
  •shrew (noun)
  • fireeater,
  • re-viler,
  • fireeaters,
  • de tractors,
  • re viler,
  • she wolves,
  • shedevil,
  • old biddies,
  • she-devils,
  • she devils,
  • madcaps,
  • fire eaters,
  • de-tractors,
  • de tractor,
  • fire eater,
  • shewolves,
  • tigresses,
  • calumniators,
  • she-wolves,
  • she wolf,
  • hell cats,
  • she devil,
  • shewolf,
  • de-tractor,
  • shedevils.
  •virago (noun)
  • beldames,
  • beldame.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • didst number on,
  • up-braiding,
  • de-crying,
  • blows off,
  • de fames,
  • doest a number on,
  • cuts quick,
  • de cries,
  • up-braided,
  • tears apart,
  • de-famed,
  • cutting to the quick,
  • de-fames,
  • does a number on,
  • cutting the quick,
  • dis counted,
  • cuts to quick,
  • up braid,
  • blowing off,
  • ripped up,
  • dis counting,
  • doing number on,
  • de famed,
  • de-cry,
  • dis-counting,
  • re vile,
  • cuts to the quick,
  • doth a number on,
  • giving a black eye,
  • de-faming,
  • de cry,
  • slung mud,
  • cut quick,
  • dis-counted,
  • gave black eye,
  • zinged,
  • de cried,
  • swearing at,
  • gives black eye,
  • gives a black eye,
  • cussed out,
  • be-little,
  • tare apart,
  • de-cries,
  • cutting quick,
  • cut to quick,
  • cussing out,
  • swears at,
  • giving black eye,
  • doest number on,
  • sware at,
  • doeth a number on,
  • hurled brickbat,
  • up braids,
  • does number on,
  • re-vile,
  • cut the quick,
  • de fame,
  • bad mouth,
  • blew off,
  • de faming,
  • de crying,
  • dost number on,
  • picks on,
  • slinging mud,
  • up braided,
  • cusses out,
  • hurling brickbat,
  • be littles,
  • ragged on,
  • cutting to quick,
  • swore at,
  • dumping on,
  • hurls brickbat,
  • ripping up,
  • rips up,
  • slings mud,
  • dumps on,
  • didst a number on,
  • rags on,
  • ragging on,
  • doeth number on,
  • cuts the quick,
  • be-littles,
  • up-braid,
  • up-braids,
  • dost a number on,
  • de-fame,
  • de-cried,
  • doing a number on,
  • did a number on,
  • dis counts,
  • dis-counts,
  • gave a black eye,
  • did number on,
  • doth number on.
  •accuse (verb)
  • charge,
  • arraign,
  • impute,
  • accuse,
  • allege,
  • blame,
  • cite,
  • implicate,
  • criticize,
  • complain,
  • impeach,
  • inculpate,
  • condemn.
  •admonish (verb)
  • give piece one's mind,
  • talked to,
  • fore-warns,
  • gave piece one's mind,
  • called carpet,
  • calling carpet,
  • gave a piece ones mind,
  • jacking up,
  • gave a piece one mind,
  • giving piece ones mind,
  • giving piece of ones mind,
  • giving a piece mind,
  • give a piece one mind,
  • giving piece of one's mind,
  • called on the carpet,
  • gives a piece of one mind,
  • fore-warning,
  • gives piece one mind,
  • calling on the carpet,
  • calls on the carpet,
  • slapped wrist,
  • gives piece of one mind,
  • gives a piece mind,
  • co unselling,
  • gives going over,
  • gave a piece of one's mind,
  • gives piece ones mind,
  • gives a piece of one's mind,
  • giving piece one mind,
  • called down,
  • gave piece mind,
  • giving piece mind,
  • gives a piece of mind,
  • gave piece of mind,
  • tells a thing or two,
  • spake to,
  • jacked up,
  • raps on knuckles,
  • gave a piece of mind,
  • gave a piece of one mind,
  • fore-warned,
  • raps knuckles,
  • gave piece of one's mind,
  • giving a going over,
  • gives a going over,
  • gave going over,
  • jacks up,
  • call carpet,
  • giving a piece of mind,
  • tell a thing two,
  • slapping on wrist,
  • calls down,
  • give a piece ones mind,
  • giving a piece one mind,
  • rapt on knuckles,
  • gave piece of one mind,
  • calls on carpet,
  • rapt knuckles,
  • called on carpet,
  • giving a piece ones mind,
  • came down hard on,
  • calls carpet,
  • give piece ones mind,
  • talks to,
  • fore warned,
  • fore warn,
  • give a piece mind,
  • give a piece of ones mind,
  • give piece mind,
  • told a thing two,
  • give a piece one's mind,
  • gave a piece mind,
  • sat on,
  • telling a thing or two,
  • gives piece mind,
  • comes down hard on,
  • giving a piece of one's mind,
  • call the carpet,
  • draw line,
  • telling thing two,
  • rapping knuckles,
  • giving piece one's mind,
  • gave a going over,
  • coming down hard on,
  • tell thing or two,
  • called the carpet,
  • gave a piece of ones mind,
  • rapping on knuckles,
  • gives piece one's mind,
  • gave piece ones mind,
  • speaks to,
  • rapped knuckles,
  • tells a thing two,
  • giving a piece of ones mind,
  • give piece one mind,
  • fore warns,
  • gave a piece one's mind,
  • gives a piece of ones mind,
  • give going over,
  • giving going over,
  • call on carpet,
  • co-unselling,
  • giving a piece of one mind,
  • gave piece of ones mind,
  • gives piece of mind,
  • gives a piece one's mind,
  • slapping wrist,
  • gives piece of one's mind,
  • tells thing or two,
  • giving a piece one's mind,
  • sits on,
  • told thing or two,
  • gives a piece ones mind,
  • rapped on knuckles,
  • told thing two,
  • gives a piece one mind,
  • sate on,
  • give piece of one mind,
  • slaps wrist,
  • gave piece one mind,
  • calls the carpet,
  • gives piece of ones mind,
  • slapped on wrist,
  • tell thing two,
  • calling on carpet,
  • telling a thing two,
  • slaps on wrist,
  • giving piece of mind,
  • telling thing or two,
  • giving piece of one mind,
  • give a piece of one mind,
  • told a thing or two,
  • give piece of ones mind,
  • fore-warn,
  • calling the carpet,
  • tells thing two,
  • give a piece of mind.
  •baste (verb)
  • whomped.
  •bawl out (verb)
  • haddest words,
  • has words,
  • had words,
  • hadst words,
  • hath words,
  • hast words,
  • having words.
  •berate (verb)
  • gives what for,
  • railing at,
  • gave hell,
  • be rate,
  • eating out,
  • ate out,
  • be-rated,
  • gave one hell,
  • jumping over,
  • jumps over,
  • gives one hell,
  • tonguelashed,
  • gives hell,
  • tongue lashing,
  • tongue-lashed,
  • jumps all over,
  • giving what for,
  • be rating,
  • tonguelashing,
  • jumping all over,
  • railed at,
  • tonguelash,
  • gave what for,
  • tongue lashed,
  • be-rate,
  • eats out,
  • be rates,
  • giving one hell,
  • tonguelashes,
  • be rated,
  • tongue lashes,
  • giving hell,
  • jumped all over,
  • be-rating,
  • rails at,
  • tongue-lashes,
  • be-rates.
  •castigate (verb)
  • jumped down throat,
  • jumping down ones throat,
  • jumps down throat,
  • drag over coals,
  • reads riot act,
  • drags over the coals,
  • dragging over the coals,
  • leant on,
  • jumps down ones throat,
  • jumping down one's throat,
  • jump down ones throat,
  • leaned on,
  • lays out,
  • jump down one throat,
  • jumping down one throat,
  • jumped down one's throat,
  • leans on,
  • jumping down throat,
  • jumped down one throat,
  • jumped down ones throat,
  • dragged over coals,
  • reading the riot act,
  • dragged over the coals,
  • dragging over coals,
  • jumps down one's throat,
  • reads the riot act,
  • drags over coals,
  • jumps down one throat,
  • reading riot act.
  •censure (verb)
  • getting after,
  • takes to task,
  • takes task,
  • taking task,
  • in criminating,
  • carped at,
  • dis-approve,
  • ex probates,
  • carping at,
  • ex-probating,
  • re-buff,
  • looked askance,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis approved,
  • dis-approved,
  • finding fault with,
  • ex-probated,
  • found fault with,
  • took task,
  • finds fault with,
  • gat after,
  • got after,
  • ex-probate,
  • dis-approving,
  • exprobates,
  • took to task,
  • re buffed,
  • re buffs,
  • picking apart,
  • dis approve,
  • in criminated,
  • pulling apart,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis approving,
  • exprobating,
  • picked apart,
  • in-criminate,
  • re buffing,
  • looks askance,
  • looking askance,
  • re buff,
  • exprobated,
  • take task,
  • in-criminates,
  • pulled apart,
  • reads out,
  • in-criminated,
  • ex probate,
  • gotten after,
  • ex probating,
  • taking to task,
  • ex probated,
  • gets after,
  • in criminates,
  • in criminate,
  • ex-probates,
  • in-criminating,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-approves,
  • carps at,
  • re-buffing,
  • picks apart.
  •chasten (verb)
  • hast on carpet,
  • had on the carpet,
  • have the carpet,
  • haddest carpet,
  • fulminating against,
  • have carpet,
  • has on the carpet,
  • re-strained,
  • re-strain,
  • hath on the carpet,
  • haddest the carpet,
  • having the carpet,
  • re-strains,
  • hadst the carpet,
  • re strained,
  • haddest on the carpet,
  • co wing,
  • had on carpet,
  • co-wed,
  • sub-due,
  • have on carpet,
  • had the carpet,
  • haddest on carpet,
  • having on carpet,
  • fulminates against,
  • has on carpet,
  • re presses,
  • hadst on carpet,
  • co-wing,
  • having carpet,
  • re straining,
  • hast the carpet,
  • hath on carpet,
  • re strain,
  • hadst on the carpet,
  • sub due,
  • re-straining,
  • re press,
  • re-presses,
  • hast carpet,
  • re pressing,
  • re strains,
  • sub-dues,
  • hast on the carpet,
  • having on the carpet,
  • re pressed,
  • sub dues,
  • co wed,
  • hath carpet,
  • fulminated against,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-press,
  • had carpet,
  • has the carpet,
  • hadst carpet,
  • has carpet,
  • hath the carpet.
  •chide (verb)
  • finding fault,
  • monishes,
  • slapping on the wrist,
  • ticking off,
  • taking down peg,
  • gives a hard time,
  • gave hard time,
  • takes down a peg,
  • slapped the wrist,
  • took down a peg,
  • took down peg,
  • slaps on the wrist,
  • slapping the wrist,
  • gives hard time,
  • monished,
  • giving a hard time,
  • slaps the wrist,
  • monishing,
  • take down peg,
  • giving hard time,
  • finds fault,
  • taking down a peg,
  • found fault,
  • gave a hard time,
  • slapped on the wrist,
  • ticks off,
  • give hard time,
  • slap the wrist,
  • takes down peg.
  •come down on (verb)
  • landed on,
  • jumping on,
  • lands on,
  • landing on,
  • jumps on.
  •cuss (verb)
  • curse,
  • blaspheme,
  • swear,
  • cuss.
  •denounce (verb)
  • de-claim,
  • pro-scribes,
  • denunciating,
  • re-probate,
  • pro scribing,
  • ex posed,
  • ex-posing,
  • ex-pose,
  • hanged something on,
  • pro-scribe,
  • ex pose,
  • hung something on,
  • pro-scribed,
  • re probating,
  • de claiming,
  • hanging something on,
  • in-dict,
  • inveighed against,
  • pro scribed,
  • inveighs against,
  • hangs something on,
  • de claimed,
  • de-claims,
  • re-probated,
  • pro scribe,
  • ex-posed,
  • re probate,
  • charging with,
  • re probates,
  • re probated,
  • de-claimed,
  • pro scribes,
  • de claims,
  • in dict,
  • re-probates,
  • denunciated,
  • de claim,
  • denunciates,
  • charges with,
  • de-claiming,
  • re-probating,
  • inveighing against,
  • pro-scribing.
  •excoriate (verb)
  • tare in to,
  • tore into,
  • tears in to,
  • torn in to,
  • tore in to,
  • tear in to,
  • tare into,
  • tearing into,
  • tearing in to,
  • tears into,
  • torn into.
  •find fault with (verb)
  • taunt,
  • give a talking-to,
  • keep aft,
  • reprimand,
  • ream,
  • expostulate.
  •grumble (verb)
  • re pine,
  • pro testing,
  • re-pined,
  • pro-testing,
  • re-pining,
  • re pines,
  • pro tested,
  • pro-tested,
  • re-pine,
  • kvetches,
  • kvetched,
  • re-pines,
  • re pined,
  • re pining.
  •inveigh (verb)
  • letted have it,
  • rips into,
  • rips in to,
  • wrought over,
  • recriminates,
  • re criminate,
  • ex postulates,
  • lets have it,
  • cracked down on,
  • hast at,
  • rip in to,
  • went after,
  • ex cept,
  • sounds off,
  • lay in to,
  • sounded off,
  • haddest at,
  • has at,
  • ex-cept,
  • re-criminated,
  • re criminated,
  • cracks down on,
  • having at,
  • re criminating,
  • ex postulating,
  • sounding off,
  • recriminated,
  • ripping in to,
  • ripping into,
  • ripped into,
  • re criminates,
  • re-criminating,
  • hath at,
  • ex-postulates,
  • re-criminates,
  • letting have it,
  • works over,
  • ex-postulating,
  • ripped in to,
  • ex postulated,
  • ex-postulated,
  • hadst at,
  • ex postulate,
  • re-criminate,
  • ex-postulate.
  •lambaste (verb)
  • lashed in to,
  • lashes in to,
  • lash in to,
  • lashed into,
  • lashing in to,
  • lashes into,
  • lashing into.
  •lash (verb)
  • be labors,
  • be-labor,
  • be-laboring,
  • be-labored,
  • be labored,
  • be laboring,
  • be-labors,
  • be labor.
  •lecture (verb)
  • giving goingover,
  • gives going-over,
  • pre-ached,
  • giving going-over,
  • ranked on,
  • ranking on,
  • give goingover,
  • gives goingover,
  • pre aching,
  • gave goingover,
  • gave going-over,
  • pre-aching,
  • pre ached,
  • ranks on.
  •nag (verb)
  • taking out on,
  • took it out on,
  • works on,
  • took out on,
  • takes out on,
  • taking it out on,
  • wrought on,
  • takes it out on.
  •penalize (verb)
  • puts at disadvantage,
  • threw book at,
  • put disadvantage,
  • slapped with,
  • throws the book at,
  • threw the book at,
  • slaps with,
  • throwing book at,
  • putting disadvantage,
  • puts disadvantage,
  • inflicting handicap,
  • slapping with,
  • hits with,
  • imposed penalty,
  • inflicted handicap,
  • hitting with,
  • throws book at,
  • throwing the book at,
  • putting at disadvantage,
  • imposes penalty,
  • imposing penalty,
  • inflicts handicap.
  •rage (verb)
  • haddest fit,
  • making a fuss over,
  • wast uncontrollable,
  • has a fit,
  • hadst a tantrum,
  • blew ones top,
  • over-flows,
  • fly handle,
  • looks daggers,
  • blowing one top,
  • blowing ones top,
  • let steam,
  • wast beside oneself,
  • hast tantrum,
  • made a fuss over,
  • blew one's top,
  • blew a fuse,
  • haddest tantrum,
  • hath tantrum,
  • is furious,
  • blowing a fuse,
  • wert uncontrollable,
  • makes a fuss over,
  • flew off handle,
  • working oneself into sweat,
  • throws fit,
  • works into sweat,
  • flying off handle,
  • hast a fit,
  • making fuss over,
  • had a tantrum,
  • rants and rave,
  • over-flow,
  • foam mouth,
  • flying the handle,
  • has fit,
  • has a tantrum,
  • ranting and rave,
  • hath fit,
  • throws a fit,
  • made fuss over,
  • flew handle,
  • wrought into sweat,
  • wert beside oneself,
  • letting steam,
  • over flow,
  • letted steam,
  • were furious,
  • was furious,
  • had tantrum,
  • is uncontrollable,
  • over flowing,
  • had a fit,
  • threw fit,
  • being uncontrollable,
  • fly off handle,
  • rants rave,
  • makes fuss over,
  • letting off steam,
  • having fit,
  • works in to sweat,
  • boiled over,
  • blow one top,
  • has tantrum,
  • blows a fuse,
  • flies off handle,
  • work oneself in to sweat,
  • have tantrum,
  • are furious,
  • goes berserk,
  • throwing fit,
  • blow top,
  • hast a tantrum,
  • works oneself into sweat,
  • work into sweat,
  • went berserk,
  • blows fuse,
  • ranting rave,
  • am uncontrollable,
  • are beside oneself,
  • blew one top,
  • ranted and rave,
  • make fuss over,
  • hath a tantrum,
  • had fit,
  • over-flown,
  • art uncontrollable,
  • rant rave,
  • flew off the handle,
  • wrought oneself into sweat,
  • wert furious,
  • hadst a fit,
  • blows ones top,
  • threw a fit,
  • art furious,
  • working oneself in to sweat,
  • blows one top,
  • over-flowed,
  • lets steam,
  • letted off steam,
  • over flowed,
  • haddest a tantrum,
  • was beside oneself,
  • flies the handle,
  • snaps at,
  • were beside oneself,
  • having a tantrum,
  • work in to sweat,
  • art beside oneself,
  • hast fit,
  • flew the handle,
  • flying off the handle,
  • looking daggers,
  • wrought in to sweat,
  • worked oneself into sweat,
  • blew fuse,
  • blowing fuse,
  • wrought oneself in to sweat,
  • blew top,
  • blowing top,
  • foam the mouth,
  • have fit,
  • blows top,
  • were uncontrollable,
  • blow ones top,
  • snapping at,
  • snapped at,
  • lets off steam,
  • flies off the handle,
  • being furious,
  • over-flowing,
  • was uncontrollable,
  • worked oneself in to sweat,
  • hadst fit,
  • works oneself in to sweat,
  • is beside oneself,
  • hadst tantrum,
  • wast furious,
  • throw fit,
  • hath a fit,
  • blow fuse,
  • having a fit,
  • flies handle,
  • boils over,
  • worked into sweat,
  • am beside oneself,
  • worked in to sweat,
  • having tantrum,
  • looked daggers,
  • being beside oneself,
  • champ bit,
  • over flows,
  • haddest a fit,
  • over flown,
  • ranted rave,
  • working into sweat,
  • fly the handle,
  • are uncontrollable,
  • working in to sweat,
  • blows one's top,
  • flying handle.
  •rail (verb)
  • objurates,
  • objurated,
  • objurating.
  •rant (verb)
  • bloviating,
  • bloviated,
  • soapboxing,
  • soapboxed,
  • bloviates.
  •rebuke (verb)
  • carped on,
  • carps on,
  • climbs over,
  • climbed all over,
  • climbing all over,
  • climbing over,
  • climbed over,
  • climbs all over,
  • carping on.
  •remonstrate (verb)
  • frowns upon,
  • dis-sents,
  • with standing,
  • takes issue,
  • frowning up on,
  • took issue,
  • with-standing,
  • took exception,
  • dis sent,
  • takes exception,
  • taking issue,
  • with-stand,
  • dis sents,
  • with stands,
  • frowned up on,
  • with stand,
  • frowns up on,
  • dis-sent,
  • with-stands,
  • with stood,
  • frown up on,
  • frowned upon,
  • frowning upon.
  •reproach (verb)
  • dis credits,
  • dis credit,
  • dis-credit,
  • called to task,
  • calls to task,
  • gave the devil,
  • gives devil,
  • dis-crediting,
  • give devil,
  • gave comeuppance,
  • calls task,
  • dis crediting,
  • calling to task,
  • called task,
  • dis credited,
  • giving devil,
  • giving the devil,
  • call task,
  • gives comeuppance,
  • gave devil,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis-credits,
  • giving comeuppance,
  • calling task,
  • gives the devil.
  •reprove (verb)
  • re-prove,
  • re-proved,
  • re-proving,
  • re-proves,
  • re proved,
  • re proves,
  • re proving,
  • re prove.
  •ride (verb)
  • over ride,
  • wert arbitrary,
  • being arbitrary,
  • are autocratic,
  • was arbitrary,
  • over-rode,
  • are arbitrary,
  • wast autocratic,
  • is autocratic,
  • wast arbitrary,
  • art arbitrary,
  • over rides,
  • over ridden,
  • over rode,
  • over-ridden,
  • am autocratic,
  • art autocratic,
  • is arbitrary,
  • was autocratic,
  • am arbitrary,
  • were arbitrary,
  • wert autocratic,
  • being autocratic,
  • were autocratic,
  • over-rides,
  • over-riding,
  • over riding.
  •snub (verb)
  • not give time day,
  • putting chill on,
  • up staging,
  • acting cool,
  • dis-regard,
  • up-stages,
  • acted cool,
  • giving brush,
  • dis-regarding,
  • dis regarding,
  • dis-regards,
  • putting the chill on,
  • cutting dead,
  • gives the brush,
  • up-staging,
  • gives brush,
  • looked coldly up on,
  • passing up,
  • looked coldly upon,
  • dis regarded,
  • icing out,
  • puts the chill on,
  • dis regards,
  • snobbed,
  • acts cool,
  • looks coldly upon,
  • looked right through,
  • up stages,
  • looking right through,
  • snobbing,
  • look coldly up on,
  • dis regard,
  • giving the brush,
  • up staged,
  • looking coldly up on,
  • gave the brush,
  • cuts dead,
  • iced out,
  • up-staged,
  • gave brush,
  • up stage,
  • dis-regarded,
  • give brush,
  • passes up,
  • up-stage,
  • looking coldly upon,
  • puts chill on,
  • looks right through,
  • looks coldly up on,
  • ices out.
  •storm (verb)
  • blows violently,
  • steams up,
  • burns up,
  • sets in,
  • blew violently,
  • be-sets,
  • takes by storm,
  • blowing violently,
  • burnt up,
  • setting in,
  • be setting,
  • be-setting,
  • took by storm,
  • breathes fire,
  • breathed fire,
  • be sets,
  • be-set.
  •tell off (verb)
  • gave tongue lashing,
  • giving tongue lashing,
  • gives tongue lashing,
  • giving tongue-lashing,
  • gives tonguelashing,
  • gave tonguelashing,
  • gave tongue-lashing,
  • give tonguelashing,
  • give tongue lashing,
  • gives tongue-lashing,
  • giving tonguelashing.
  •vituperate (verb)
  • yelled at,
  • yelling at,
  • yells at,
  • barks at,
  • barking at,
  • barked at.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • vixen,
  • bark at,
  • bite back,
  • huff,
  • hector,
  • fulminate.
  •
  • rap.
  •
  • lash out,
  • chastise,
  • snap,
  • pitch into,
  • harpy.
  •
  • snarl,
  • fury.
  •
  • rave.
  •
  • dress.
  •
  • get off.
  •
  • call.
  •bawl out
  • have words.
  •berate
  • jump all over,
  • objurgate,
  • tongue-lash,
  • eat out,
  • rail at,
  • give hell,
  • give what for,
  • jumped over,
  • give one hell,
  • jump over,
  • tongue lash,
  • rake over coals.
  •criticize
  • jaw.
  •disapprove
  • reprehend.
  •excoriate
  • tear into.
  •inveigh
  • have at,
  • work over,
  • let have it,
  • go after,
  • sound off,
  • recriminating,
  • rip into,
  • had at,
  • goes after,
  • crack down on,
  • going after,
  • worked over,
  • cracking down on.
  •nag
  • Xanthippe.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Reprobated,
  • reprove,
  • lecture,
  • take to task,
  • nag,
  • sit on,
  • shows up,
  • jawbones,
  • storm,
  • Egging,
  • Animadverted,
  • kvetching,
  • call down,
  • slap,
  • jumped on,
  • baste,
  • bludgeoned,
  • Mouthed,
  • rage,
  • working on,
  • Slammed,
  • Spatted,
  • heckle,
  • torn apart,
  • rebuke,
  • snub,
  • monish,
  • cut to the quick,
  • vituperate,
  • moralize,
  • jawbone,
  • speaking to,
  • groused,
  • lash,
  • read out,
  • steaming up,
  • henpecked,
  • give comeuppance,
  • slap wrist,
  • sitting on,
  • Caned,
  • swear at,
  • pummelling,
  • ridden,
  • Gluing,
  • castigate,
  • indict,
  • give a hard time,
  • rag on,
  • stomped,
  • jawboned,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • Egged,
  • Cudgelled,
  • heckling,
  • tear apart,
  • over-ride,
  • caning,
  • lambaste,
  • rank on,
  • do a number on,
  • cut dead,
  • talk to,
  • stomp,
  • revile,
  • worked on,
  • incriminate,
  • be set,
  • charged with,
  • shellac,
  • look coldly upon,
  • calling down,
  • Burring,
  • Lessoning,
  • Ratted,
  • signify,
  • burned up,
  • row,
  • grumbling,
  • rant,
  • tore apart,
  • not give time of day,
  • act cool,
  • Fussing,
  • charge with,
  • Cudgeling,
  • ticked off,
  • flogging,
  • chide,
  • abuse,
  • Denunciate,
  • get after,
  • take out on,
  • Lampooned,
  • Cudgelling,
  • blistered,
  • admonish,
  • lampoon,
  • cuss out,
  • Squalled,
  • Mauled,
  • Tiffing,
  • jump on,
  • Disciplining,
  • soapboxes,
  • trounce,
  • censure,
  • give the brush,
  • Reamed,
  • find fault,
  • Vilified,
  • glued,
  • kvetch,
  • wallop,
  • bludgeoning,
  • inveigh,
  • bawl out,
  • excoriate,
  • climb all over,
  • give black eye,
  • leaning on,
  • chasten,
  • pick on,
  • take it out on,
  • ice out,
  • running down,
  • taking by storm,
  • Fussed,
  • put the chill on,
  • hang something on,
  • land on,
  • ratting,
  • reviled,
  • grousing,
  • burred,
  • repine,
  • work on,
  • stomping,
  • drag over the coals,
  • groan,
  • reprobates,
  • pulls apart,
  • whine,
  • read the riot act,
  • berate,
  • come down on,
  • put chill on,
  • rip up,
  • ride,
  • give going-over,
  • dumped on,
  • be little,
  • pull apart,
  • Henpeck,
  • Spatting,
  • badmouth,
  • zinging,
  • burn up,
  • animadverts,
  • whomp,
  • find fault with,
  • give the devil,
  • give piece of mind,
  • blow off,
  • Trashed,
  • steam up,
  • disciplined,
  • tick off,
  • look right through,
  • lash into,
  • proscribe,
  • do number on,
  • sling mud,
  • call to task,
  • laying on,
  • carp at,
  • tell a thing or two,
  • spieled,
  • breathe fire,
  • Lessoned,
  • whomps,
  • have on the carpet,
  • put down,
  • exhort,
  • take down a peg,
  • lay on,
  • spieling,
  • jack up,
  • reproach,
  • inveigh against,
  • lean on,
  • speak to,
  • pass up,
  • soapbox,
  • dump on,
  • set in,
  • be arbitrary,
  • pick apart,
  • jump down throat,
  • steamed up,
  • lesson,
  • carp on,
  • tearing apart,
  • bloviate,
  • come down hard on,
  • grouch,
  • Reprobating,
  • rap knuckles,
  • give a black eye,
  • lessons,
  • reading out,
  • passed up,
  • burning up,
  • Lectured,
  • look askance,
  • read riot act,
  • Forewarned,
  • be autocratic,
  • give a going over,
  • whomping,
  • slap on wrist,
  • climb over,
  • offend,
  • Reaming,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • take by storm,
  • exprobate,
  • Animadverting,
  • Moaned,
  • animadvert,
  • call on the carpet,
  • upbraid,
  • blow violently,
  • spoke to,
  • grumble,
  • fulminate against,
  • denounce,
  • laid on,
  • Tiffed,
  • breathing fire,
  • iced,
  • Cudgeled,
  • jawboning,
  • give a piece of one's mind,
  • hurl brickbat,
  • talking to,
  • squalling.
  •penalize
  • throw the book at,
  • inflict handicap,
  • hit with,
  • impose penalty,
  • slap with,
  • put at disadvantage,
  • throw book at.
  •rage
  • be furious,
  • raging,
  • foam at mouth,
  • go berserk,
  • fly off the handle,
  • look daggers,
  • throw a fit,
  • going berserk,
  • make a fuss over,
  • snap at,
  • blow a fuse,
  • boil over,
  • have a tantrum,
  • let off steam,
  • rant and rave,
  • champ at bit,
  • be uncontrollable,
  • blowing one's top,
  • have a fit,
  • boiling over,
  • blow one's top,
  • be beside oneself,
  • work oneself into sweat,
  • throwing a fit.
  •rail
  • Railed.
  •rebuke
  • read the riot act to.
  •remonstrate
  • take exception,
  • frown upon,
  • taking exception,
  • take issue.
  •tell off
  • give tongue-lashing,
  • give piece of one's mind.
  •vituperate
  • yell at.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • banshee,
  • bring to book,
  • vex,
  • hamlet,
  • dragon,
  • wicked,
  • chivy,
  • rude,
  • hussy,
  • criminate,
  • task,
  • speak,
  • malign,
  • harry,
  • gnarl,
  • arouse,
  • carol,
  • knock,
  • coarse,
  • hoot,
  • scolder,
  • momus,
  • naive,
  • vanquished,
  • catch at,
  • catamaran,
  • execrate,
  • chirp,
  • rat,
  • point out,
  • rant at,
  • jade,
  • rigorous,
  • honk,
  • forcible,
  • pick at,
  • murmur,
  • rattle on,
  • brace,
  • Hoo,
  • take prisoner,
  • remonstrate,
  • harridan,
  • chitchat,
  • chirr,
  • Avile,
  • bedevil,
  • flay,
  • ream out,
  • call to account,
  • dispraise,
  • tell,
  • get to,
  • fault,
  • grunt,
  • critic,
  • beshrew,
  • plague,
  • gaggle,
  • chivvy,
  • let someone have it,
  • peep,
  • set down,
  • rating,
  • harass,
  • dun,
  • malicious,
  • punishment,
  • hag,
  • assail,
  • cluck,
  • hound,
  • diminish,
  • devalue,
  • malevolent,
  • point to,
  • Hell-cat,
  • anathematize,
  • rave at,
  • carp,
  • stopper,
  • claw,
  • blow up,
  • guggle,
  • devaluate,
  • severe,
  • court,
  • crush,
  • bother,
  • insult,
  • caviler,
  • slate,
  • grim,
  • irritate,
  • croak,
  • rile,
  • brawler,
  • cuckoo,
  • drudge,
  • tease,
  • maenad,
  • give the business,
  • gossip,
  • be abusive,
  • skin,
  • haul over the coals,
  • defame,
  • gibe,
  • hype,
  • Censurer,
  • hacker,
  • cheep,
  • tweet,
  • beldam,
  • deprecate,
  • atrocious,
  • masticate,
  • mind,
  • criticise,
  • vociferate,
  • vanquish,
  • sing,
  • squawk,
  • make fun,
  • chew,
  • Snarling,
  • tantalize,
  • chastised,
  • Vilipend,
  • chatter,
  • correct,
  • cat,
  • nettle,
  • worry,
  • angry,
  • light,
  • lace,
  • fall upon,
  • thrash,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • rumble,
  • vicious,
  • modest,
  • spank,
  • collective noun,
  • pester,
  • bespatter,
  • captious critic,
  • beat out,
  • chirrup,
  • nag at,
  • plug,
  • stable,
  • crow,
  • in vain,
  • grouse,
  • take down,
  • yack away,
  • nitpicker,
  • rail against,
  • tax,
  • attack,
  • depreciate,
  • belabour,
  • hack,
  • statement,
  • pounce upon,
  • drum tower,
  • libel,
  • irk,
  • witch,
  • sinful,
  • warn,
  • chastened,
  • tongue,
  • torment,
  • lather,
  • COD,
  • blister,
  • traduce,
  • Brabbler,
  • Frondeur,
  • lace into,
  • bully,
  • nark,
  • call names,
  • belabour orbelabor,
  • sail into,
  • growl,
  • vulgar,
  • cronk,
  • chitter,
  • excommunicate,
  • frustrate,
  • depraved,
  • chiding,
  • backbite,
  • mischievous,
  • abusive language,
  • intense,
  • devil,
  • bad,
  • gravel,
  • catch,
  • twitter,
  • set straight,
  • slander,
  • simple-minded,
  • blusterer,
  • chevy,
  • bitch,
  • birch,
  • needle,
  • censor,
  • belittler,
  • countryside,
  • razz,
  • pounce on,
  • able,
  • cackle,
  • coo,
  • remonstrate with,
  • crone,
  • whip,
  • scourge,
  • mob,
  • chuck,
  • underdress,
  • bear a grudge,
  • claver,
  • conjure,
  • roll,
  • confabulate,
  • bung,
  • thunder against,
  • bring to task,
  • welt,
  • assault,
  • wig,
  • clapperclaw,
  • whistle,
  • scolding,
  • confab,
  • tantalise,
  • give the dickens,
  • warble,
  • gobble,
  • pettifogger,
  • calumniate,
  • stir,
  • discipline,
  • mutter,
  • steady,
  • rally,
  • become abusive,
  • reproof,
  • trill,
  • criticizer,
  • quibbler,
  • censoriously,
  • chafe,
  • chat,
  • quack,
  • fall on,
  • crucify,
  • gabble,
  • rave against,
  • pipe,
  • chaffer,
  • reprobation,
  • drum,
  • get at,
  • village,
  • jays,
  • description,
  • chirk,
  • pip,
  • slash,
  • Chidingly,
  • common,
  • cleaned out,
  • shout at,
  • trim,
  • strong,
  • beat,
  • straighten out,
  • caw,
  • carpet,
  • skin alive,
  • decry,
  • fatigue,
  • give a talking to,
  • clack,
  • natter,
  • penalize,
  • admonish severely,
  • twit,
  • threaten,
  • bait,
  • evil,
  • pest,
  • provoke,
  • bounce,
  • uncouth,
  • yap away,
  • badger,
  • cane,
  • annoy,
  • grill,
  • retiring,
  • flog,
  • cock-a-doodle-doo,
  • goad,
  • clobber.

Paraphrases for Scold:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    criticize, curse.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    condemn.

Antonyms for Scold:

• v.

  • find fault with
    commend, praise, approve, exonerate, honor, applaud, flatter, laud, compliment, help.

Homophones for Scold:

• socialite, sell out, shelled, skilled, sullied, Soledad, salad, soleidae, scheelite, skuld, so-called, sialidae, sleety, scolytidae, salt, salat, slaty, sociality, sulidae, sild, saltate, sold-out, seclude, Sacculated, silhouette, swelled head, salt away, shield, sexuality, slideway, squalidae, shallot, salute, secluded, slatey, soiled, slate, sled, solidity, squalid, scheldt, schoolwide, sloth, squillidae, sealed, solute, salted, swellhead, salty, solid, sacculate, swelled, salt i, soled, slot, sackcloth, school day, scaled, shielded, shell out, slut, sallet, shackled, sialolith, slat, salt ii, salaat, salyut, sallade, sleet, scald, sold, swallowed, sally out, silty, silt, solitude, suckled, skillet, sellout, sleuth, sozzled, slow-witted, slide, slit.