scold
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++scold /skəʊld $ skoʊld/ verb [transitive] TELL somebody OFFto angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done 责骂，斥责〔小孩〕 SYN tell off Do not scold the puppy, but simply and firmly say ‘no’. 不要责骂小狗，但要干脆利落地说“不”。scold somebody for (doing) something Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother. 父亲斥责她惹母亲生气。 —scolding noun [countable, uncountable] I got a scolding from my teacher. 我挨了老师一顿责骂。 RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say tell someone off rather than scold someone: 在日常英语中,人们一般说tell someone off,而不说scold someoneShe told us off for making a mess. 她骂我们搞得一塌糊涂。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
scold• Her voice was stern, just short of scolding.• I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father.• Our parents were strict and we were frequently scolded for our bad behaviour.• He hated everything that was happening at first, scolded her, as if it were her fault.• Don't scold him for doing badly at school, he's doing his best.• He scolds me for leaving the flat.• I scolded myself for repeatedly thinking of them.• But the first lady of this portrait can also be a scold, stand-offish and sanctimonious.• The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.scold somebody for (doing) something• She scolded another student for being a tattletale.• If he were to speak, I know it would be to scold me for crying like I am.• It would have to be the chapel, Isabel decided, scolding herself for her cowardly hesitation.• She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes, that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways.• He scolds me for leaving the flat.• I scolded myself for repeatedly thinking of them.• The committee scolded obesity researchers for the short-sightedness of many of their studies.• When the cook returns Stubb scolds him for the way the meat is cooked.Origin scold (1200-1300) Probably from a Scandinavian languagescold verb →REGISTER1Chinese
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scold /skəʊld $ skoʊld/
verb [transitive]
SYN tell off:
Do not scold the puppy, but simply and firmly say ‘no.’
scold somebody for (doing) something
Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.
—scolding noun [uncountable and countable]:
I got a scolding from my teacher.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say tell someone off rather than scold someone:
▪She told us off for making a mess.
▪ reprimand formal to tell someone that they have done something wrong or illegal and are being punished for it – used especially in official contexts: The police officers were officially reprimanded for their behaviour. | The Swiss authorities severely reprimanded the banks for accepting $660million from the former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha. | Debra remembered as a very young child being reprimanded by her father.
▪scold formal if a parent, teacher, or other adult scolds a child, they talk to them angrily because they have done something wrong. Scold sounds rather formal and old-fashioned. In everyday English people usually say tell somebody off: I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father.
▪tell somebody off to talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Tell somebody off is more common in British English than American English: Dad told me off for getting home late.
▪give somebody a talking-to informal to talk angrily to a child because they have done something wrong: The boy was giving a good talking-to and sent home.
▪lecture to talk angrily to someone for a long time about something they have done wrong, especially in a way that they think is not necessary or fair: Stop lecturing me, will you! | He began to lecture her about her duties as a citizen.
▪rebuke formal to tell someone that they should not have done something: She rebuked him for being late. | Sheerman rebuked his colleague for suggesting that he was too stupid to understand what he was saying.
▪reproach formal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done. Reproach sounds much gentler than criticizing someone or reprimanding them: He felt he had to reproach his friend for his excessive drinking.
▪berate formal to publicly criticize someone for a long time, in a way that shows you strongly disapprove of what they have done: She berated the paper for its 'misleading front-page story.' | Kennedy berated the Eisenhower administration and its vice president Richard Nixon, during the 1960 campaign.
scold /skəʊld $ skoʊld/
verb [transitive] Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
SYN tell off:
scold somebody for (doing) something
—scolding noun [uncountable and countable]:
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say tell someone off rather than scold someone:
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