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"Scold" Definition

noun

One who persistently nags or criticizes: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and . . . may even become a big-league scold” ( James Wolcott).
One who habitually or persistently.
A woman who disturbs the public peace by noisy and quarrelsome or abusive behavior.

verb-transitive

To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.

verb-intransitive

To reprove or criticize openly.

verb

To quarrel noisily.
To find fault noisily or angrily.
To censure severely or angrily .

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