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scold

/skəʊld/

US pronunciation
American sound/skəʊld/
scold
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> scold

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဆူသည်။

Full entry

scold /skǝƱld/ v ~ sb (for sth/ doing sth)

ဆူသည်။ ဆိုသည်။ ကြိမ်းသည်။ He scolded me because I left the window open. ❍ She scolded herself for her silliness/ for being so silly.
❏ scolding n (usu sing )
ဆူခြင်း။ ကြိမ်းမောင်းခြင်း။ give sb/ get a (good) scolding for being late.

More examples
  • He never raised his voice or scolded me unfairly.
Synonyms
tell off, reprimand, tick off, yell at, reproach, rebuke, admonish, discipline, chew out, haul over the coals, abuse, amazon, asperse, backbiter, battle-ax, battleax, battleaxe, beldame, berate, blame, calumniator, carper, castigate, castigator, caution, cavil, caviller, censure, chasten, chide, criticize, denounce, disparage, dress down, expostulate, faultfinder, fire-eater, fishwife, give a talking-to, hell cat, jive, jump on, keep aft, lay down the law, lecture, light into, muckraker, nag, nagger, objurate, ogress, old biddy, porcupine, preach, put down, rag, rail, rake over the coals, rate, ream, recriminate, reprobate, reprove, revile, reviler, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, spitfire, take to task, tatter, tatters, taunt, termagant, tigress, upbraid, vilify, virago, vituperate, vituperator
Antonyms
applaud, approve, commend, compliment, exonerate, flatter, help, honor, laud, praise
Cross references
tell offreprimandtick offyell atreproachrebukeadmonishdisciplinechew outhaul over the coalsabuseamazonaspersebackbiterbattle-axbattleaxbattleaxebeldameberateblamecalumniatorcarpercastigatecastigatorcautioncavilcavillercensure
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