What is another word for scolding ?

offense^US

offence^UK

monologue^UK

monolog^US

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

negative reinforcement

being put in one's place

backhanded compliment

judgement^UK

judgment^US

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

Adjective

Extremely offensive and insulting in nature

libelous^US

libellous^UK

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

off-color^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

off-colour^UK

politically incorrect

dripping venom

full of spleen

full of gall

accidentally on purpose

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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

straight from the shoulder

unfavorable^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

epithetical

warts and all

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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

calling on the carpet

jumping down one's throat

calling over the coals

casting aspersions on

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

telling a thing or two

pulling apart

sounding off

hitting out at

expressing disapproval of

reprimanding severely

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

counseling^US

counselling^UK

satirizing^US

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

dishonoring^US

satirising^UK

giving tongue-lashing

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

throwing brickbats at

coming down on like a ton of bricks

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

sending someone away with a flea in his

meting out punishment to

giving a bad press to

bagging on

anathematizing

delivering a tirade to

giving someone a ticking-off

giving an injunction to

sounding off to

libeling^US

libelling^UK

discounting

minimizing^US

giving something a bad press

minimising^UK

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

giving a tongue-lashing

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

giving someone a bad press

nagging at

passing strictures upon

penalizing^US

penalising^UK

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

taking disciplinary action against

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

holding responsible

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

putting on the carpet

bringing charges against

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

expressing disagreement

regarding with disgust

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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 continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

breathing down someone's neck

grumbling at

moaning at

carping at

bending someone's ear

keeping complaining to

moaning on at

taking it out on

busting chops

busting someone's balls

making it hot for someone

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

tantalizing^US

getting on your nerves

tantalising^UK

driving round the bend

searching high heaven

getting on one's nerves

driving you up the wall

victimizing^US

terrorizing^US

victimising^UK

sticking the knife into

injuring

expelling

wronging

making things hot for someone

terrorising^UK

getting the knife into

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Verb

Present participle for to complain or grumble

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

feeling sorry for yourself

expressing disapproval

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

expressing regret about

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

making a song and dance

screaming bloody murder

blubbering

yelling

sorrowing

making a big thing out of

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing of

complaining vehemently about

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

harping on

doing a hatchet job on

barking

huffing

expressing objections

expressing objections to

minding

expressing disagreement

lodging a protest

puckering

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

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Verb

Getting onto

Verb

Present participle for to feel or express violent uncontrollable anger

flying off the handle

having a fit

going berserk

going off the deep end

frothing at the mouth

working oneself into sweat

smouldering^UK

smoldering^US

going through the roof

getting hot under the collar

bursting a blood vessel

boiling over with rage

flying into a passion

losing your cool

having a conniption fit

having a cow

getting all steamed up

getting steamed up about

getting your dander up

rearing up

becoming upset

getting your hackles up

becoming indignant

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Verb

Present participle for to have a quarrel or argument with someone

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