• (British) IPA: /skəʊld/, [skɒʊɫd]
• (America) IPA: /skoʊld/

scold (plural scolds)

1. A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

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• scold's bridle

• French: chipie, furie, mégère
• Italian: bisbetica, brontolona, megera, linguaccia, linguacciuta
• Portuguese: megera
• Russian: сварливый
• Spanish: regañar

scold (scolds, present participle scolding; past and past participle scolded)

1. (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
   • 1813, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

     A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:

     Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.

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• French: gronder, réprimander, tancer
• German: beschimpfen, schelten, tadeln, ausschimpfen
• Italian: sgridare, rimproverare, riprendere
• Portuguese: ralhar, repreender
• Russian: брани́ть
• Spanish: regañar, retar, reñir