meaning of scold
1. To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
2. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
3. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp. , a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
4. A scolding; a brawl.
5. someone especially a woman who annoys people by constantly finding fault
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