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scolding

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scold·ing  (skldng)
n.
A harsh or sharp reprimand.

Scolding of kempsters: 15th-century seamstresses—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486; scolding of seamstresses—Lipton, 1970.
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Noun1.scolding - rebuking a person harshlyscolding - rebuking a person harshly            
rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
wigging, wig - British slang for a scolding

scolding
noun ticking-off, row, lecture, wigging (Brit. slang), rebuke (informal), dressing-down (informal), telling-off (informal), tongue-lashing, piece of your mind, (good) talking-to (informal) He was given a scolding for offending his opponents.
Translations
scolding [ˈskəʊldɪŋ] Nreprimenda f, regañina f
scolding [ˈskəʊldɪŋ] nréprimande f
scolding
nSchelte f no pl; (= act)Schimpferei f; to give somebody a scoldingjdn ausschimpfen, jdn (aus)schelten
scolding [ˈskəʊldɪŋ] nlavata di capo, sgridata


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I was called from these reflections by the sight of a freckled woman with yellow hair and a yellow gown, standing in the porch of the inn, under a dull red lamp swinging there, that looked much like an injured eye, and carrying on a brisk scolding with a man in a purple woollen shirt.
For my own part, I find it best to assume that a good sound scolding or castigation has some latent and strengthening influence on my Grandson's Configuration; though I own that I have no grounds for thinking so.
The Doctor sat in a chair in front taking the sixpences and smiling on the people as they went in; and Dab-Dab was kept busy all the time scolding him because he would let the children in for nothing when she wasn't looking.
 
 
 
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