What is another word for scolding ?

monologue^UK

monolog^US

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

negative reinforcement

being put in one's place

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

judgement^UK

judgment^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

backhanded compliment

rumour^UK

rumor^US

defamation of character

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“Conscious they deserved a scolding, they sent Josephine down first to mollify.”

Adjective

Extremely offensive and insulting

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

ill-humored^US

colourful^UK

colorful^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

rubbing the wrong way

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Adjective

(of a person) Constantly harassing someone to do something

ill-humored^US

Adjective

Of or pertaining to an admonition

Adjective

Inclined to find fault too readily

like a bear with a sore head

unfavorable^US

ill-humored^US

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Verb

Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

giving someone a bollocking

lacing to

letting someone have it

hauling over the coals

giving someone a caning

raking over the coals

giving someone a wigging

giving someone some stick

going on at

taking to task

taking to the woodshed

bringing to book

giving someone a mouthful

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone hell

putting on the mat

tearing off a strip

giving someone a rating

giving someone what for

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

having someone on the carpet

keeping after

slapping someone's wrist

giving the business

biting someone's head off

jumping down someone's throat

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

pummelling^UK

giving a piece of one's mind

bagging

running down

bad-mouthing

calling on the carpet

jumping down one's throat

calling over the coals

casting aspersions on

telling a thing or two

sounding off

hitting out at

tearing apart

expressing disapproval of

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

reprimanding severely

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

counseling^US

counselling^UK

satirizing^US

dishonoring^US

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

satirising^UK

giving tongue-lashing

giving a tongue-lashing

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

nitpicking about

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

throwing brickbats at

sledging

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

coming down on like a ton of bricks

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving someone a bad press

meting out punishment to

giving a bad press to

bagging on

deflating

browbeating

giving something a bad press

delivering a tirade to

giving someone a ticking-off

giving an injunction to

sounding off to

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

putting up a fight against

opposing strongly

expostulating about

remonstrating about

disagreeing violently with

kicking up

making a fuss about

kicking against

complaining vociferously about

taking great exception to

thundering against

raging against

speaking out against

kicking up a fuss about

complaining bitterly about

kicking up a stink about

complaining about

making a protest against

taking a stand against

making a stand against

raising objections to

objecting to

protesting strongly at

dragging through the mud

doing a hatchet job on

soiling

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

bringing into disrepute

tarring and feathering

imputing

running smear campaign

spreading scandal about

passing strictures upon

going for the jugular

giving something a battering

bringing charges against

assigning liability to

assigning guilt to

considering guilty of

holding forth against

reviewing unfavorably

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

selling short

dragging someone's name through the mud

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

speaking out

holding up to shame

questioning

expressing strong disapproval of

holding someone answerable

holding someone to blame

objecting strongly to

fighting

expressing disagreement with

griping

lodging a protest against

labelling^UK

labeling^US

shooting full of holes

laying a bad trip on

passing the buck

laying a guilt trip on

putting in a bad light

showing in a bad light

blackening someone's name

bringing into disfavour

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“Joe tried to interject his apologies, but she continued to scold him before he could get a word in.”

Verb

Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

breathing down someone's neck

keeping complaining to

moaning on at

bending someone's ear

busting someone's balls

busting chops

complaining vehemently about

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

expressing disapproval

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

expressing regret about

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

talking under your breath

expressing sorrow about

shedding tears over

crying over spilt milk

beating one's breast

crying over spilled milk

moaning over

weeping for

moaning and groaning

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

making a song and dance

making a scene

pouting

expressing objections

expressing objections to

minding

expressing disagreement

lodging a protest

arguing against

expressing disagreement with

lodging a protest against

taking issue

expressing disapproval of

raising objections to

remonstrating against

taking a stand against

having a problem with

baulking^UK

balking^US

expressing sorrow for

vocalising^UK

vocalizing^US

speaking indistinctly

verbalizing^US

garbling

babbling

intoning

verbalising^UK

feeling sorry for yourself

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Verb

Getting onto

Verb

Present participle for to feel or express violent uncontrollable anger

Verb

Present participle for to have a quarrel or argument with someone

Verb