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• n  someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
• v  censure severely or angrily
  The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
• v  show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
  He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong

• If a Singaporean gets frustrated at your stupidity, he can scold you for being blur as sotong (clueless as a squid).
• If Kerry can sometimes sound like a scold, Weld always seems on the verge of poking fun.
• The liberal legal scold Glenn Greenwald?.

• scolder
• nag
• nagger
• common scold
• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• reproof
• lecture
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• remonstrate
• chew out
• chew up
• have words
• lambaste
• lambast
• grouch
• grumble

News & Articles

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• Strip away all of YouTube's clutter with Cleanr
  I don't know about you, but whenever I visit YouTube these days, I want to scold it like a child: "Clean up your room!" Because, seriously, what a mess. Between the ads, the sidebar, the tools, the related videos, and especially the comments, YouTube has become a cluttered eyesore. Thankfully, there's Cleanr, a browser extension that strips away all of YouTube's clutter . Specifically, it cleans ...
  June 21, 2013 - PC World

Quotes

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• Sepp Blatter in SportingNews.com
  What I have said to the dissident clubs and others is, 'We want you back. We don't want to discipline you or scold you,' Blatter said.
• President Bush in BBC News
  In Germany en route to Russia, Mr Bush said: "Nobody really likes to be lectured a lot. And, therefore, if you want to be an effective person, what you don't do is scold the person publicly all the time."