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What is another word for
scold
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Verb
To criticize or find fault with
To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way
To complain or grumble
To feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
To have a quarrel or argument with someone
To enter or mount a vehicle, or to receive a reprimand or scolding, often for wrongdoing
Noun
A person, in particular a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly
The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily
A person who habitually carps or finds fault with something
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Verb
▲
To criticize or find fault with
berate
admonish
castigate
rebuke
abuse
denounce
nag
reprimand
reproach
slate
upbraid
blast
carpet
lambast
revile
baste
caution
censure
chasten
chastise
chide
criticise
UK
criticize
US
disparage
monster
rate
reprobate
reprove
threap
vilify
blame
cavil
discipline
hammer
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
rag
rap
recriminate
reprehend
taunt
vituperate
wig
asperse
bollock
flay
jaw
rail
ream
row
score
expostulate
objurate
objurgate
preach
trim
put down
tell off
lay into
pull up
remonstrate with
tear into
dress down
rail against
rail at
tick off
bawl out
chew out
find fault with
jump on
light into
pitch into
rant at
ream out
give someone a bollocking
lace into
let someone have it
slap down
tongue-lash
blow up
give a talking-to
haul over the coals
have a go at
lay down the law
read the riot act
give a rocket
give someone a caning
rake over the coals
yell at
call down
come down on
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
go on at
take to task
take to the woodshed
bring to book
give someone a mouthful
rap over the knuckles
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
give someone a rollicking
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
put on the mat
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
give someone what for
send someone away with a flea in their ear
have someone on the carpet
keep after
slap someone's wrist
give the business
bite someone's head off
jump down someone's throat
lose one's temper with
condemn
excoriate
attack
savage
slam
harangue
flame
knock
diss
belabor
US
slag off
bash
belabour
UK
pan
fulminate against
slap on the wrist
trash
scathe
potshot
pillory
pummel
US
lash
pummelled
UK
inveigh against
tear a strip off
denigrate
roast
assail
crucify
blow up at
rip into
give a piece of one's mind
rubbish
bad-mouth
run down
smear
bag
decry
exprobate
impugn
call on the carpet
jump down one's throat
skewer
shout at
malign
fulminate
blister
rave at
slash
slur
scorch
check
derogate
arraign
cut up
talk to
criticize severely
slander
curse
defame
accuse
monish
call over the coals
calumniate
lesson
correct
backbite
come down hard on
fault
slang
execrate
speak to
skin
pull to pieces
vituperate against
sail into
cast aspersions on
call to account
insult
slight
scorn
warn
rollick
rip
remonstrate
minimize
US
discount
libel
contemn
rake
slag
punish
scourge
lam into
trounce
traduce
dispraise
jawbone
rant
discredit
complain
persecute
oppress
protest
inveigh
dis
denunciate
besmirch
declaim
wade into
take apart
deprecate
stigmatize
US
hose
minimise
UK
let fly at
ostracize
US
stigmatise
UK
ostracise
UK
maul
swear at
pull apart
let fly
sound off
express disapproval of
take issue with
lash out at
carp at
give one hell
jump all over
sort out
pour scorn on
find fault
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
strongly criticize
lay out
hit out at
get after
cuss out
lean on
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
animadvert on
give some stick to
go after
climb all over
declaim against
call out
reprimand severely
cane
exprobrate
lampoon
attask
harass
ferule
moralise
UK
moralize
US
chew off
adjure
advise
counsel
set upon
ridicule
satirize
US
dress-down
take to pieces
fry
zap
oppose
speak
rake over coals
vilipend
chew
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
hit
smother
explode
rap knuckles
satirise
UK
belittle
tear to pieces
cast a slur on
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
disapprove
proscribe
blacken someone's reputation
visit
take down
give a tongue-lashing
earbash
offend
rile
growl
criticize harshly
give tongue-lashing
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
accost
have words with
have words
lash out
reject
take down a peg
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay on
give comeuppance
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
tear apart
throw the book at
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
give a hard time
get on
burn one's ears
deplore
carp on
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
call to task
point the finger
dig into
storm
rage
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
anathematize
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
ride
zing
injure
miscall
scream at
round on
snap someone's head off
prosecute
give the devil
deflate
browbeat
criticize strongly
tear down
mete out punishment to
be hard on
rag on
teach a lesson
make an example of
pick on
impeach
show up
give something a bad press
indict
charge with
deliver a tirade to
yelp
yap
bawl
cry down
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
tie into
bring to account
beat up on
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
bark at
lash into
sound off to
be rude to
call names
do a number on
blow off
cut down
cut to the quick
dump on
give a black eye
trash-talk
look askance
pick apart
have at
work over
crack down on
argue with
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
make a protest to
have a word with
talk with
have stern words with
speak sternly to
thunder
vociferate
kick
fume
challenge
sledge
object
whip
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
pick holes in
throw brickbats at
nitpick about
disapprove of
give a bad press to
cavil at
give flak to
bag on
drag through the mud
sully
do a hatchet job on
degrade
smirch
lower
blacken
besmear
debase
shame
bring into disrepute
stain
tarnish
drag through the mire
soil
defile
damage
speak ill of
blot
taint
give a bad name
bring discredit to
spoil
bring shame upon
scandalize
US
muckrake
spot
disrespect
blotch
scandalise
UK
breathe on
reflect badly on
befoul
bring shame on
sling mud at
fling mud at
rip up and down
reduce
tar and feather
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
diminish
detract
shoot down
poor-mouth
dismiss
fustigate
depreciate
undervalue
underrate
underestimate
mudsling
carp
gripe
embarrass
pick to pieces
undermine
poison
play down
go for the jugular
talk down
write off
nit-pick
quibble about
pick at
kiss off
do down
pooh-pooh
detract from
take exception to
grumble
moan
whine
whinge
beef
grouse
discommend
fuss
gripe about
bellyache
grouch
bleat
trivialize
US
demean
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
downgrade
discountenance
kvetch
disesteem
badmouth
devalue
humble
mock
nitpick
minify
misprize
prejudice
dispute
quibble
blemish
chunter
find lacking
niggle
carp about
whine about
create
mither
speak evil of
nitpick over
grouch about
moan about
grouse about
give someone a bad press
trivialise
UK
bellyache about
whinge about
beef about
frown upon
hypercriticize
hold responsible
throw mud at
nag at
argue against
protest against
sound off about
tear to shreds
blacken the name of
pass strictures upon
spread lies about
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
scoff at
conduct a smear campaign against
make light of
kick up a fuss
treat lightly
sneer at
hold cheap
split hairs
refute
give a rough time
question
assault verbally
take
disagree with
brand
pile in
heap
start on
start in
take on
beat
jump on one's case
clobber
blackguard
ruin
fluff
slog
slug
show someone up
expose to ridicule
speak badly of
demur
get angry with
hold up to shame
except
hold someone to blame
complain to
negate
argue
animadvert upon
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
downplay
hold accountable
cut to bits
understate
not support
skin alive
give bad press
marginalize
US
squash
scapegoat
squelch
disdain
marginalise
UK
express strong disapproval of
spurn
grizzle
mutter
dissent
wail
rebut
scream
poor mouth
laugh off
pooh pooh
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
laugh at
sour grapes
cut down to size
throw shade
keen
grump
pass judgment
opprobriate
murmur
humiliate
caterwaul
object strongly to
take exception
lodge a protest against
take issue
express disagreement with
repine
controvert
whimper
look down on
sell short
crab
squeal
holler
squawk
single out
croak
yowl
maunder
yammer
yawp
abase
yaup
hurt
cheapen
demonize
US
dig
jinx
destroy
demonise
UK
sink
foul
mark down
snipe at
take swipe at
be against
expose
bother
be hostile to
be in opposition to
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
compromise
be on at someone
go on
pick holes
put in a bad light
ruin the reputation of
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
blacken someone's name
rip up
pettifog
niggle about
be picky
be hypercritical
kvetch about
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“Joe tried to interject his apologies, but she continued to
scold
him before he could get a word in.”
Verb
▲
To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way
henpeck
nag
badger
harass
needle
pester
dog
hound
hector
bully
ride
torment
bother
bug
criticise
UK
criticize
US
berate
browbeat
carp
intimidate
domineer
chide
niggle
fuss
irritate
cavil
peck at
pick at
pick on
give a hard time
find fault
hassle
harry
chivvy
persecute
heckle
provoke
upbraid
keep on at
annoy
go on at
harp on at
harp on
remind
prompt
start on
tick off
oppress
disparage
taunt
reproach
revile
afflict
tyrannize
US
push
haze
override
grip
torture
tease
dominate
be autocratic
enslave
tyrannize over
tyrannise
UK
bait
importune
heavy
goad
prod
nudge
egg
urge
keep after
be on your back
work on
find fault with
breathe down someone's neck
grumble at
moan at
carp at
take it out on
moan on at
bust chops
bend someone's ear
bust someone's balls
keep complaining to
get on someone's back
vex
irk
aggravate
exasperate
gall
pique
peeve
nark
rile
nettle
anger
ruffle
infuriate
miff
get
rankle
disturb
get to
displease
rub up the wrong way
hack off
upset
gravel
wind up
rasp
chafe
grate
put out
plague
give someone the hump
trouble
hump
drive up the wall
exacerbate
madden
eat
get across
incense
worry
spite
enrage
burn up
frost
gripe
get on your nerves
rark
itch
offend
bedevil
agitate
get in your hair
bum out
antagonize
US
make someone see red
fret
mither
antagonise
UK
roil
get under your skin
drive round the bend
inflame
make angry
hack you off
drive crazy
drive mad
rub the wrong way
tee off
affront
get at
molest
outrage
get your back up
drive to distraction
drive round the twist
devil
disgruntle
distress
perturb
make cross
get your goat
get on one's nerves
put your back up
give someone the pip
rankle with
beleaguer
gnaw
grate on
give someone grief
pain
get on your wick
make somebody's hackles rise
T-off
chivy
make waves
raise your hackles
pursue
disgust
rattle
frustrate
try
burn
abrade
be at
make your blood boil
cheese off
try your patience
prick
insult
perplex
discommode
sting
embarrass
beset
ire
enflame
mad
get across someone
jar on
wear on
steam up
give a bad time
get your dander up
drive bananas
rub you up the wrong way
ruffle one's feathers
drive you up the wall
send into a rage
put someone's nose out of joint
interrupt
stress
inconvenience
discompose
disquiet
besiege
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
dun
strain
chagrin
affect
dissatisfy
incommode
bite
attack
press
intrude upon
turn off
egg on
fire up
eat at
stir up
be a pain in the neck
work up
give the business
set one's teeth on edge
be a thorn in someone's side
hit where one lives
stick in one's craw
brown off
be on the back of
mess with
get up someone's nose
get a rise out of
get your hackles up
bum
wound
hack
break
mortify
steam
rag
distract
insist
curdle
embitter
excite
acerbate
rouse
sour
distemper
jangle
run up the wrong way
get on someone
breath down someone's neck
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
be a nuisance to
incite
rile up
push button
heat up
mess
push someon's buttons
eat away at
grill
start
rattle someone's cage
ask for it
umbrage
try the patience of
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
jeer
yap at
scratch around
rag on
discountenance
be a thorn in someone's flesh
search high heaven
set on
work into lather
set off
take a rise out of
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
ridicule
be on one's case
insist on
gibe
make you see red
be like a red rag to a bull
make see red
boo
noodge
bullyrag
hiss
rack
disrupt
harrow
stress out
discomfit
dis
faze
disconcert
agonize
US
jerk around
curse
barrack
rattle one's cage
jibe at
anguish
excruciate
haunt
shout at
assail
make game of
shout catcalls at
fluster
depress
shout down
overwhelm
entangle
hamper
aggress
jump on one's case
weigh down
start in on
agonise
UK
put the squeeze on
fall upon
fall on
give the needle
mix up
subjugate
maltreat
crush
subject
abuse
hegemonize
wrong
coerce
exploit
overthrow
scourge
aggrieve
rule
master
force
encumber
saddle
chasten
trample
despotize
handicap
tax
control
keep down
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
be cruel to
hold sway over
walk all over
grind down
put screws to
treat harshly
ride roughshod over
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
ill-treat
put upon
beat down
be brutal to
grieve
hurt
scare
bore
impede
cross
hinder
impose on
get on someone's case
more ❯
Verb
▲
To complain or grumble
grouch
complain
grumble
moan
whinge
whine
grouse
gripe
carp
beef
bleat
bellyache
grizzle
fuss
mutter
wail
nag
growl
scream
inveigh
grump
kvetch
keen
murmur
caterwaul
repine
whimper
crab
holler
squeal
squawk
yowl
croak
maunder
yammer
kick
yawp
yaup
chunter
cavil
create
grieve
chirp
sigh
sulk
sound off
kick up a fuss
find fault
kick up a stink
protest
object
groan
rant
mither
fulminate
natter
crib
snivel
pule
bluster
spout
find fault with
plain over
go on
object to
speak out against
pick holes in
make a fuss
bemoan
criticize
US
lament
bewail
criticise
UK
quibble
nitpick
remonstrate
deplore
niggle
be on at someone
condemn
cry
denounce
knock
take exception
oppose
nit-pick
complain about
reproach
raise objections
demur
express disapproval
mourn
expostulate
twine
dissent
go on about
rail at
take exception to
fret
censure
hypercriticize
mumble
decry
witter
regret
make a stand
split hairs
take a stand
bother
put up a fight
except
rue
charge
beef about
disapprove
protest against
raise Cain
kick up a stink about
kick up a fuss about
quibble about
put the boot in
argue
lodge a complaint
make a complaint
kvetch about
disagree
deprecate
repent
carry on
make a fuss about
inveigh against
show concern
express concern
express regret about
howl
whisper
plead
bicker
quarrel
blow off steam
snarl
go on at
talk under your breath
anathematize
execrate
curse
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a scene
make a thing of
make a song and dance
pettifog
scream bloody murder
yap
bawl
yelp
cry out
rage
sorrow about
sorrow for
grieve over
sigh over
grouch about
sound off about
bellyache about
niggle about
complain vehemently about
be picky
be hypercritical
disparage
kick up a rumpus
gainsay
contravene
accuse
attack
refute
indict
defy
impute
ascribe
lay
differ
pick at
pick holes
wring one's hands over
disagree with
fulminate against
cut up
run down
look askance
speak up
rag
harp on
disturb
pester
repeat
express objections
express disagreement
mind
lodge a protest
express objections to
raise objections to
remonstrate against
be in opposition
argue against
lodge a protest against
take issue
express disapproval of
express disagreement with
disapprove of
spurn
have a problem
take issue with
quarrel with
be in opposition to
draw the line
grumble about
have a problem with
moan about
take a stand against
grouse about
cavil at
dwell upon
dwell on
harp upon
rant about
gripe about
disesteem
dispute
baulk
UK
discommend
discountenance
draw the line at
balk
US
cross
disavow
challenge
frown on
beg to differ
beat one's breast about
cry over spilt milk
UK
beat one's breast
cry over spilled milk
US
rail against
raise objection
be displeased
take on
make an objection
tangle with
make a stink
go-one-on-one
mix it up with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To feel or express violent uncontrollable anger
rage
fume
seethe
storm
explode
rave
steam
bristle
rankle
boil
rant
sizzle
foam
burn
erupt
spit
roar
chafe
fret
yell
scream
splutter
see red
be furious
go ballistic
blow a fuse
be angry
lose it
rant and rave
be enraged
blow up
be incensed
lose your temper
be livid
fly off the handle
have a fit
go berserk
be beside oneself
go off the deep end
go up the wall
be infuriated
foam at the mouth
breathe fire
wig out
be boiling over
blow your top
be wild
crack up
lose your rag
spit feathers
boil over
flip your lid
froth at the mouth
throw a fit
be steamed up
lose the plot
be incandescent
jump up and down
overflow with anger
tear into
look daggers
snap at
have a tantrum
let off steam
work oneself into sweat
have steam coming out of one's ears
do one's head in
do one's nut in
make a scene
go ape
shout
bellow
sound off
thunder
complain
spiel
bluster
declaim
spout
harangue
fulminate
orate
pontificate
perorate
huff
soapbox
stump
rail
trumpet
bloviate
vociferate
mouth
cry
clamour
UK
objurgate
clamor
US
hold forth
mouth off
go on
deliver a tirade
carry on
go on and on
express concern
hit the roof
go mad
smoulder
UK
smolder
US
become enraged
flare up
blow a gasket
get angry
lose control
simmer
get mad
go bananas
go wild
go into a rage
lose one's temper
become angry
go crazy
go spare
go crackers
get worked up
go through the roof
flip out
be hot under the collar
flip
get steamed up
speak up
speak out
be in a rage
get hot under the collar
throw a tantrum
fly into a rage
have your say
hit the ceiling
blow one's stack
protest
anger
smart
fester
flare
resent
become very angry
go non-linear
go psycho
throw a wobbly
flip one's wig
boil with rage
pipe up
fly into a temper
go into a fury
do one's nut
become annoyed
lose your head
be mad
become furious
go postal
blow one's lid
be hopping mad
talk up
foam at mouth
spout off
burst a blood vessel
be inflamed
be irritated
be in a state
blow
yap
sputter
shoot off one's mouth
babble
rumble
blaze
be resentful
pop one's cork
gnash your teeth
stew
shoot one's mouth off
broil
be indignant
be irate
fly into a passion
lose your cool
burn up
have a cow
let fly
have a conniption fit
steam up
fire up
get all steamed up
boil over with rage
deliver a harangue
heat
be excited
do a slow burn
be uptight
be tense
be agitated
talk wildly
be passionate
be aroused
be stirred up
talk endlessly
rattle on
grow passionate
be frank
speak your mind
say your piece
become excited
become impassioned
get excited
grow vehement
become animated
heat up
get annoyed
be outraged
spit nails
let rip
be on the warpath
get one's knickers in a twist
give vent to one's feelings
go crook
freak out
chomp at the bit
be all steamed up
be at boiling point
be up in arms
raise the roof
get steamed up about
champ at the bit
get hot
shoot
bridle
object
recoil
swell
ruffle
take offense
US
be defensive
draw oneself up
become indignant
take offence
UK
be maddened
rear up
have one's hackles up
become upset
get your dander up
become infuriated
take umbrage
feel one's hackles rise
get your hackles up
fuss
brood
be offended
upset oneself
be impatient
be annoyed
be ruffled
be frustrated
be narked
be exasperated
be vexed
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a quarrel or argument with someone
row
quarrel
argue
squabble
wrangle
fight
dispute
bicker
scrap
brawl
altercate
spat
quibble
argufy
disagree
controvert
hassle
tiff
brabble
jar
spar
differ
fratch
berate
jaw
ream
fall out
lock horns
cross swords
be at odds
have words
bandy words
have a row
be at loggerheads
chop logic
have a fight
fail to agree
be at variance
have a misunderstanding
tongue-lash
bawl out
go at it hammer and tongs
call on the carpet
clash
feud
battle
contend
fight like cat and dog
mix it up
contest
have a tiff
threap
debate
tangle
dissent
have at it
have a disagreement
bump heads
have a spat
struggle
caterwaul
war
conflict
butt heads
set to
lay into
come to blows
be at sixes and sevens
take on
grapple
wrestle
cavil
oppose
scrimmage
scuffle
talk back
exchange blows
argy-bargy
skirmish
face off
light into
tussle
have an argument
discept
hash over
put up a fight
be at each other's throats
have a barney
pick a bone
have a dust-up
have a set-to
have an altercation
have a punch-up
kick up a row
raise Cain
fence
have shouting match
dig
scrape
argue over
put up an argument
make a big thing about
be at daggers with
be at daggers drawn
get into a dispute
have a difference of opinion
get into conflict
discuss
trade zingers
nastily argue
pick at
cause a scene
bandy
agitate
sass
rehash
pettifog
canvass
canvas
moot
vary
face
hammer away
face down
verbally fight
knock around
jump on one's case
toss around
talk over
bat around
kick around
thrash out
bat back and forth
exchange views
hash out
stick it to
pick an argument
sock it to
gainsay
contradict
challenge
get in one's face
go one on one
put up a struggle
have at each other
confront
mess
jump on each other
object
disaccord
zap
haggle
discord
palter
take exception
differ in opinion
be of a different opinion
be incompatible
have a different opinion
be divided
bang heads
not see eye to eye
be in dispute
object to
jump on
let someone have it
rip into each other
take issue with
contradict each other
take issue
go for the jugular
mess with
have it out
find fault
get tough with
break with
rassle
come into conflict
have a dispute
square up
come up against
become involved
go up against
rough-house
tilt
box
joust
combat
do battle
vie
stoush
roughhouse
swedge
assault each other
tug
hit each other
duel
race
punch each other
lock antlers
assault
scrimmage with
protect
rowdy
traverse
war against
skirmish with
attack each other
clash with
engage in conflict
taste battle
spar with
go the knuckle
take all comers
take up the gauntlet
carry on war
race with
exchange blows with
race against
brush with
fight like Kilkenny cats
take the field
ply weapons
flare up
bear arms
bandy with
attack
engage
wage war
go to war
be in conflict
jostle
collide
engage in hostilities
manhandle
make war
demur
buck
encounter
nonconcur
tackle
be at war
do battle with
scrap with
campaign against
take up arms
engage in combat
carry on hostilities
come to blows with
have a scrap
protest against
romp
slug
mount an attack
carp
rugby-tackle
meet head-on
trade punches
come to grips
go at it
be in opposition
duke it out
bandy words with somebody
strive
campaign
cuff
shoot
bombard
start fighting
go for each other
slug it out
raise your fists
to fight
cut and thrust
take the field against
march against
join battle
grapple with
conduct a war
rumble
compete
fight over
fight nastily
struggle for
challenge for
compete for
battle for
contend for
vie for
fight for
go for
try for
tussle for
close with
engage with
battle with
try to win
square off
tussle with
struggle with
jockey for position
diverge
repudiate
disapprove
reject
refuse
renounce
rebel
protest
abjure
stickle
shy
divide
decline
balk
US
baulk
UK
be at variance with
withhold assent
argue with
express disagreement
quibble over
disagree with
express objection
not ratify
be at odds with
fail to agree with
say not a chance
decline to support
say no way
say nothing doing
refuse to support
fly in the face of
express disagreement with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To enter or mount a vehicle, or to receive a reprimand or scolding, often for wrongdoing
get onto
be told off
board
Noun
▲
A person, in particular a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly
shrew
nag
termagant
complainer
fishwife
grumbler
harpy
harridan
moaner
nagger
carper
kvetch
targe
Xanthippe
fault-finder
virago
hag
fury
vixen
witch
tartar
hellcat
ballbreaker
battleaxe
UK
battleax
US
battle-axe
spitfire
she-devil
battle-ax
dragon
gorgon
dragon lady
ogress
old bag
martinet
old bat
crone
beldame
cat
amazon
old cow
caviller
trot
beldam
woman
cow
strumpet
carline
carlin
disciplinarian
aggressive woman
old trout
biddy
vituperator
siren
madcap
tigress
muckraker
hussy
reviler
hellion
calumniator
backbiter
porcupine
detractor
wench
karen
jade
fire-eater
she-wolf
tiger mom
US
tiger mum
UK
old biddy
hell cat
angry woman
bad girl
old woman
bag
bacchante
maid
jezebel
tiger mother
kuia
gammer
more ❯
“His mother Aurelia was the village
scold
, brought repeatedly into court for creating turmoil with her tongue.”
Noun
▲
The act of speaking to someone severely or angrily
rap over the knuckles
reproach
reproof
admonishment
admonition
castigation
censure
criticism
lambasting
remonstration
reproval
upbraiding
caning
rebuke
reprimand
roasting
row
scolding
blast
bollocking
carpeting
earful
lecture
rating
rollicking
upbraid
wigging
bawling-out
dressing-down
talking-to
telling-off
tell off
ticking off
tick off
haul over the coals
being put in one's place
tongue-lashing
ticking-off
serve
slap on the wrist
rap
condemnation
chiding
rocket
stricture
reprehension
denunciation
blame
disapproval
excoriation
objurgation
riot act
commination
harangue
slating
berating
diatribe
tirade
bashing
obloquy
sideswipe
philippic
abuse
slur
disapprobation
attack
telling off
remonstrance
dressing down
comeuppance
blowing-up
hard time
flea in ear
piece of your mind
talking to
sermon
flea in the ear
rap on the knuckles
blowing up
chastisement
counsel
recrimination
caution
chewing out
going over
oral punishment
bawling out
slap on wrist
what for
calling down
warning
ragging
a slap on the wrist
objection
stick
fault-finding
dissatisfaction
displeasure
deprecation
shame
accusation
scorn
disrepute
odium
stain
slight
discredit
contempt
blemish
slap in the face
going-over
expostulation
rebuff
put down
correction
kick in the teeth
chewing-out
vilification
persecution
vituperation
assault
invective
scurrility
malevolence
panning
slagging
argument
knocking
jibe
fulmination
confrontation
contumely
libel
traducement
slander
pugnacity
denigration
defilement
offense
US
revilement
vitriol
indignity
combativeness
broadside
derision
calumniation
insolence
disagreement
belligerence
billingsgate
impugnment
insult
rant
offence
UK
aspersions
calumny
defamation
polemic
disparagement
bad press
character assassination
verbal onslaught
verbal assault
flak
reprobation
animadversion
opprobrium
denouncement
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
implication
stream of abuse
jeremiad
reviling
slamming
repudiation
brickbats
depreciation
exception
demurral
discourse
exprobation
opposition
screed
dispute
dislike
knock
dissent
arraignment
derogation
disesteem
railing
discipline
disputation
insults
decrying
harsh criticism
discountenance
battering
affront
chastening
proscription
distaste
curses
discontentment
boycott
cursing
malediction
thumbs down
humiliation
verbal
trimming
snub
mud-slinging
bad-mouthing
slagging off
a bollocking
censoriousness
pan
swipe
brickbat
harassment
heat
punishment
preachment
moralism
preaching
verbal attack
angry exchange
slap on the wrists
injunction
caveat
penalty
retribution
bone of contention
damning
damnation
deserts
bone to pick
conviction
sentence
judgement
UK
doom
judgment
US
stigmatisation
UK
stigmatization
US
blaming
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
hostility
a bad press
verbal thrashing
verbal blasting
raps
knocks
enmity
wrath
scathing indictment
down the banks
fire
ill will
complaint
discontent
protest
demur
imprecation
anathema
curse
execration
excommunication
teasing
jeering
hectoring
fuss
protestation
eat the head off someone
chew out
a tongue-lashing
a dressing-down
threat
challenge
torrent of abuse
a wigging
a rocket
a lashing
a caning
a rollicking
a roasting
stink
scathing condemnation
demurrer
withering criticism
severe criticism
scathing criticism
backbiting
outrage
question
threat of punishment
difficulty
slurs
spitefulness
barb
dig
epithet
cattiness
kick
rubbishing
venom
spite
malice
savaging
fulminations
outburst
slandering
anger
ranting
petition
verbal abuse
carping
cavilling
UK
captiousness
caviling
US
rejection
evil-speaking
civil disobedience
blow to one's pride
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who habitually carps or finds fault with something
carper
disparager
censurer
caviller
critic
nitpicker
hypercritic
faultfinder
knocker
caviler
niggler
criticizer
castigator
quibbler
nagger
nag
slanderer
defamer
vilifier
reviler
complainer
attacker
muckraker
belittler
censor
scolder
mud-slinger
worrier
maligner
doubter
complainant
zapper
disapprover
disputer
fretter
panner
blamer
aristarch
detractor
nit-picker
backseat driver
sidewalk superintendent
fault-finder
denigrator
deprecator
backbiter
asperser
cynic
traducer
pettifogger
fusspot
libeller
vituperator
moaner
heckler
libeler
decrier
calumniator
derogator
scandalmonger
mudslinger
whiner
pedant
exposer
whinger
grumbler
grouser
attack dog
character assassin
Momus
opponent
enemy
anvil chorus
sniveler
griper
fussbudget
fusser
kvetch
kvetcher
bellyacher
baby
cry-baby
crybaby
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