scold
verb[T]
old-fashioneduk/skəʊld/us/skoʊld/tospeakto someoneangrilybecause youdisapproveoftheirbehaviour:
责骂,责备Hismotherscolded himforbreakingherfavouritevase.母亲因为他打碎了她最心爱的花瓶而责骂他。
Synonyms
berateformal
chideformal
rebukeformal
tellsomeoneoff
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproach
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- there'll be hell to payidiom
- upbraid