SCOLDING Synonyms

• serving to warn

• expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

• a severe rebuke

• rebuking a person harshly

• containing or imposing condemnation or censure

• a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

• a severe scolding

• censure severely

• inflict severe punishment on

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• censure severely

• find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

• act as a critic

• speak out against

• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

• announce the termination of, as of treaties

• give away information about somebody

• beat with a cane

• censure severely or angrily

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• rebuke formally

• censure severely or angrily

• a mild rebuke or criticism

• disgrace or shame

• express criticism towards

• censure severely or angrily

• censure severely or angrily

• a bad-tempered person

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

• a loud low dull continuous noise

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

• make a low noise

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• talk incessantly and tiresomely

• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

• censure severely or angrily