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[ verb ] censure severely or angrily
Examples "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car" "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" "check" is archaic Used in print (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)He had never heard so many bells , and as he lay there listening , he thought_of her scolding him for his remarks when he had looked up at the obelisk and the church at the top of the Spanish_Steps . |
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[ noun ] someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
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