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scolded

/skohld/US // skoʊld //UK // (skəʊld) //

被骂的,挨骂,挨骂的,被骂

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to find fault; reprove.
    • : to use abusive language.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
    • : common scold.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • “You can laugh out there,” he scolded his tormenters, his Boston accent becoming more pronounced.

  • Jimmy Carter scolded Americans for their “inordinate fear of communism.”

  • “For seven days, Russia has refused to take a single concrete step in the right direction,” Kerry scolded.

  • I've been scolded for making gestures and looking too "deaf."

  • Another time, before he wrote his treatise on Atheism, he scolded me for believing in God.

  • He elbowed, criticised, scolded and toadied to Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx and other office-holders.

  • A serious voice arrested the willow switch: I didnt like to be scolded when I was a little girl, it used to make me cry.

  • As Mata scolded, the girl nestled back among her quilts, smiling mischievously.

  • His father scolded him somewhat impatiently, and sent him back to bed again, assuring him that he had been dreaming.

  • When I scolded him, he undulated his silly yellow body, sprang upon his hind legs, and licked my hands.