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scolding

[ skohl-ding ]

noun

  1. the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof:

    I got a scolding for being late again.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·DZiԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scolding1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; scold, -ing 1
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A couple of shots did that in the seventh, but Donovan's use of the head saw him on the end of another scolding and perhaps fortunate not to lose another point.

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As Rebecca Traister wrote in New York this week, since the election there's been an almost-gleeful flood of scolding from centrist pundits, telling the "woke" left to tone it down and change who we are.

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No apologies were made to those who didn't need 50 murders to get to the obvious truth, but hey, at least the scolding stopped.

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Media coverage of parental estrangement has gotten entangled with other buzzy topics like "cancel culture" or articles scolding young women who are unwilling to date Trump voters.

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The New York Times reported that Hegseth’s mother had sent him an email scolding him for abusing women.

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