Associations to the word «Scolding»

Wiktionary

SCOLDING, noun. A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.
SCOLDING, verb. Present participle of scold

Dictionary definition

SCOLDING, noun. Rebuking a person harshly.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats