scolding
71catch it — verb receive punishment; be scolded or reprimanded (Freq. 1) I really caught it the other day! • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * (informal) BE REPRIMANDED, be scolded, be rebuked, be taken to task, be chastised, get into trouble, be hauled over the …
72chiding — noun rebuking a person harshly • Syn: ↑scolding, ↑objurgation, ↑tongue lashing • Derivationally related forms: ↑objurgate (for: ↑objurgation), ↑scold ( …
73objurgation — noun rebuking a person harshly • Syn: ↑chiding, ↑scolding, ↑tongue lashing • Derivationally related forms: ↑objurgate, ↑scold (for: ↑scolding), ↑c …
74tongue-lashing — noun rebuking a person harshly • Syn: ↑chiding, ↑scolding, ↑objurgation • Derivationally related forms: ↑objurgate (for: ↑objurgation), ↑scold ( …
75telling-off — n. (pl. tellings off) colloq. a reproof or reprimand. * * * n scolding, chiding, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, lecture, row FORMAL castigation, upbraiding COLLOQ. dressing down, ticking off, bawling out, talking to, slap/smack on the… …
76scold´er — scold «skohld», verb, noun. –v.t. to find fault with; blame with angry words: »His brother scolded him for breaking the baseball bat. –v.i. 1. to find fault; talk angrily: »Don t scold so much. 2. Obsolete. to quarrel noisily; brawl. ╂[< noun] …
77ter|ma|gant — «TUR muh guhnt», noun. a deity, supposed in medieval Europe to have been worshiped by the Muslims, appearing in morality plays as a violent, ranting, overbearing personage. ╂[alteration of Middle English Tervagant < Old French Tervagan, origin …
78Ter|ma|gant — «TUR muh guhnt», noun. a deity, supposed in medieval Europe to have been worshiped by the Muslims, appearing in morality plays as a violent, ranting, overbearing personage. ╂[alteration of Middle English Tervagant < Old French Tervagan, origin …
79wig|ging — «WIHG ihng», noun. Slang or Informal. a rebuke; reprimand; scolding: »a well deserved wigging. ╂[< wig, in slang sense of “a scolding” + ing1] …
80at worst — or[at the worst] {adv. phr.} 1. Under the worst conditions; as the worst possibility. * /When Don was caught cheating in the examination he thought that at worst he would get a scolding./ Compare: AT MOST. Contrast AT BEST. 2. In the least… …
