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[ adjective ] who is rebuking severely

Examples

"the scolding father"

Used in print

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

A somewhat less fragmented hebephrenic patient of mine , who used_to often seclude herself in her room , often sounded through the closed door - as I would find on passing_by , between our sessions - for_all_the_world like two persons , a scolding mother and a defensive child .

Related terms

rebuke

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[ noun ] rebuking a person harshly

Related terms

rebuke wig chastize

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