scold: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Suffixes of scold

  • scolded
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    scold

    • noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
      nagger; common scold; nag; scolder.
    • verb censure severely or angrily
      call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
      • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
      • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
      • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
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    scolding

    • noun rebuking a person harshly
      chiding; objurgation; tongue-lashing.
    • verb censure severely or angrily
      call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
      • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
      • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
      • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
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    scold

    • noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
      nagger; common scold; nag; scolder.
    • verb censure severely or angrily
      call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
      • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
      • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
      • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
  • scoldings
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    scolding

    • noun rebuking a person harshly
      chiding; objurgation; tongue-lashing.
    • verb censure severely or angrily
      call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
      • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
      • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
      • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `scold`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `scold`, some are not.

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