Help and Scold

Opposite meaning words

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Scold is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Scold verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.

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Help is an antonym for scold in find fault with topic.

Nearby Words: scolding, scolded

character	help character	scold character
hero	help hero	scold hero
people	help people	scold people
family	help family	scold family
Other words: time, kid, child, anyone, player, everyone, son, kids, girls.

Then Angie, who... actually, she's the sole refugee from this trope in the family, even though she does tend to scold George for things he can't help at all.

Source: Big Screwed-Up Family
Practically all of Derry sees Beverly being abused by various people and none of them help, one man even calmly going back into his house rather than even scold her harassers.

Source: Selective Obliviousness
Kingdom Hearts II sees Sora scold Riku for trying to take on so many burdens himself, when he has so many friends who'd gladly help.

Source: You Are Not Alone

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