scolding

[skohl-ding]

noun

1. the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof.

   I got a scolding for being late again.

Other Word Forms

• unscolding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scolding¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; scold, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In this episode, Amanda unpacks her combative style with reporters, including scolding the press and calling their questions “stupid.”

From Salon

The online response to the art was painfully scolding and prudish.

From Salon

He also wasn’t shy about scolding dining companions who committed such sins as buttering their bread or not eating all their vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times

A couple of shots did that in the seventh, but Donovan's use of the head saw him on the end of another scolding and perhaps fortunate not to lose another point.

From BBC

As Rebecca Traister wrote in New York this week, since the election there's been an almost-gleeful flood of scolding from centrist pundits, telling the "woke" left to tone it down and change who we are.

From Salon