Scold
Scold verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Strongly criticize and scold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strongly criticize" instead a verb "Scold".
Strongly criticize
Scold and strongly criticize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scold" instead a verb phrase "Strongly criticize".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rap and scold
- rap and strongly criticize
- check and scold
- check and strongly criticize
- growl and scold
- growl and strongly criticize
- chide and scold
- chide and strongly criticize
- rebuke and scold
- rebuke and strongly criticize
- censure and scold
- censure and strongly criticize
- berate and scold
- berate and strongly criticize
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Strongly criticize and Scold. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/scold/strongly_criticize
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Strongly criticize or Scold. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/scold/strongly_criticize.
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