scolding

English

Etymology

From scold + -ing.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scolding (plural scoldings)

1. An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.

   Synonyms: berating, chiding, objurgation; see also Thesaurus:scolding

Derived terms

• scolding stool

Translations

succession of critical remarks

• Asturian: refrontada f, refundiu m, riferrafe m, escagazadura f, espolín m, resma f
• Bulgarian: гълчене n (gălčene), хокане (bg) n (hokane)
• Catalan: renyada f
• Finnish: nuhteet pl, toruminen (fi), 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
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: قالای (kalay)

Verb

scolding

1. present participle and gerund of scold

Anagrams

• codlings, lingcods