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21vituperate — v.tr. & intr. revile, abuse. Derivatives: vituperation n. vituperative adj. vituperator n. Etymology: L vituperare f. vitium VICE(1) …
22scold — 1. verb Mom took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behavior Syn: rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, remonstrate with, chastise, chide, upbraid, berate, take to task, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one s mind,… …
23scold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. reprove, rebuke, rate, chide, berate, tongue lash, bawl out (sl.). See disapprobation. Ant., praise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. admonish, chide, berate, chasten, asperse, expostulate with, rebuke,… …
24scoldingly — scold (skōld) v. scold·ed, scold·ing, scolds v. tr. ▸ To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily. v. intr. ▸ To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone. n. ▸ One who persi …
25scold — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scald, scold, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skāld poet, skald, Icelandic skālda to make scurrilous verse Date: 12th century 1. a. one who scolds habitually or persistently b. a woman who… …
26Film (film) — Infobox Film name = Film image size = 150px caption = Film by Samuel Beckett, Applause Theatre Cinema Books (2000) director = Alan Schneider producer = writer = Samuel Beckett narrator = starring = Buster Keaton music = cinematography = Boris… …
27revile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abuse, vilify, malign, asperse, calumniate, deride. See contempt, detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abuse, berate, vilify, vituperate; see censure , denounce , scold , slander . See Synonym Study …
28vice — Including the prefix vice , English has three distinct words vice. The oldest, ‘wickedness’ [13], comes via Old French vice from Latin vitium ‘defect, offence’, which also gave English vicious [14], vitiate [16], and vituperate [16]. Vice ‘tool… …
29vituperative — (adj.) 1727, from VITUPERATE (Cf. vituperate) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Vituperatively …
30scold — n shrew, vixen, termagant, *virago, amazon scold vb Scold, upbraid, rate, berate, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail, revile, vituperate can all mean to reprove, reproach, or censure angrily, harshly, and more or less abusively. Scold,… …
