scolding
scolding · scoldings
выговор
An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards…An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.
US/ˈskoʊldɪŋ/
» After all these scoldings, you start to see them coming.
Meaning
1 sensesAn unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.
выговорvygovor
More definitions
- rebuking a person harshly
Examples
1 sentencesAfter all these scoldings, you start to see them coming.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
succession of critical remarks:
Origin
From scold + -ing.From scold + -ing.
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Forms
plural: scoldingsSynonyms
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Close in meaning
- rebuking a person harshly:chidingobjurgationtongue-lashing