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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scoldingscolding - rebuking a person harshly            
chiding, objurgation, tongue-lashing
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] N → reprimenda f, regañina f
scolding [ˈskəʊldɪŋ] n → réprimande f
scolding
n → Schelte f no pl; (= act) → Schimpferei f; to give somebody a scolding → jdn ausschimpfen, jdn (aus)schelten
scolding [ˈskəʊldɪŋ] n → lavata di capo, sgridata
scolding [ˈskəʊldɪŋ] n → lavata 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.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context
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