Meaning

3 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To rebuke angrily.

    I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.

    beschimpfen, schelten, tadeln

    брани́тьbranítʹ, вы́бранитьvýbranitʹ, руга́тьrugátʹ

    свари́тиsvarýty, ла́ятиlájaty, шпе́титиšpétyty

    censure severely or angrily

  2. Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.

  3. Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.

Examples

283 sentences
  1. I was scolded by my teacher.

    Мене налаяв мій учитель.

    ruМне влетело от учителя.

    deIch wurde von meinem Lehrer ausgeschimpft.

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  2. She scolded him for being late.

    Вона налаяла його за запізнення.

    ruОна отчитала его за опоздание.

    deSie schimpfte ihn aus, weil er zu spät war.

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  3. The teacher scolded the student for no reason.

    Вчитель безпідставно насварив студента.

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  4. He has never been scolded by his father.

    Батько ніколи не сварив його.

    deEr ist von seinem Vater nie ausgeschimpft worden.

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  5. She scolded her daughter for coming home too late.

    Вона насварила доньку за те, що та прийшла додом запізно.

    ruОна отругала свою дочь за позднее возвращение домой.

    deSie schimpfte ihre Tochter aus, weil diese zu spät nach Hause gekommen war.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

The noun is from Middle English scold(e), skald(e), first attested in the 12th or 13th cen

The noun is from Middle English scold(e), skald(e), first attested in the 12th or 13th century (as scold, scolde, skolde, skald). The verb is from Middle English scolden, first attested in the late 1300s. Most dictionaries derive the verb from the noun and say the noun is probably from Old Norse skald (“poet”) (cognate with Icelandic skáld (“poet, scop”)), as skalds sometimes wrote insulting poems, though another view is that the Norse and English words are cognate to each other and to Old High German skeltan (whence Modern German schelten (“to scold, chide”)), Old Dutch skeldan (whence Modern Dutch schelden (“to scold, berate”)), all inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (“scold”).

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Forms

scolds, scolding, scolded, scolded
Base formscold · to scold
3rd person singularscolds
Present participlescolding
Past simplescolded
Past participlescolded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscold
he, she, itscolds

Past simpleLesson

all personsscolded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scolded
he, she, ithas scolded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scold

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • scolded by his
  • was scolded by
  • the teacher scolded
  • got scolded
  • being being scolded
  • get scolded for
  • scolded by the
  • teacher scolded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scold — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto