scolding

Meanings

Plural: scoldings

Noun

• rebuking a person harshly
• A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.

Verb

• censure severely or angrily
• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
• present participle and gerund of scold

Synonyms

bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, chiding, dress down, grouch, grumble, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, objurgation, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, tongue-lashing, trounce