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   Scold

   /skōld/

   

   verb

   • 1. remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily: "Mom took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behavior"
   • ▪ (of a bird) call loudly and persistently: "the gulls wheeled and scolded above the lake"

   noun

   • 1. a person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman): dated US "his mother was the village scold"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): probably from Old Norse skáld ‘skald’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scolder noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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