scolding

English

Etymology

scold +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈskoʊldɪŋ/
Rhymes: (US) -oʊldɪŋ

Noun

scolding (plural scoldings)

A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

Derived terms

scolding stool

Translations

succession of critical remarks

Bulgarian: гълчене n (gǎlčene), хокане (bg) n (hokane)
Catalan: renyada f
Finnish: nuhteet pl, toruminen, haukut (fi) pl
Malayalam: ശകാരം (ml) (śakāraṁ)
Nepali: गाली (ne) (gālī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjeft (no) m, skjennepreken m
Plautdietsch: Schell f
Portuguese: sermão (pt) m, bronca (pt) f
Russian: выговор (ru) (vygovor)
Spanish: regaño (es) m, sermón (es), bronca (es) f, rapapolvo m (colloquial)
Swedish: utskällning (sv) c, avhyvling (sv) c

Verb

scolding

present participle and gerund of scold

Anagrams

codlings, lingcods

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