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Scolded

Scold \Scold\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scolding.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan, Dan. skielde.] To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.

Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold.
--Shak.

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scolded

vb. (en-past of: scold)

Usage examples of "scolded".

She was commended for saving the children from the colony, and mildly scolded for not having saved the colony itself - although a dissenting comment argued that any such attempt would have been an unnecessary and reckless risk to her ship.

Meralda scolded as soon as Liam had turned the coach around and rambled off.

Drizzt had scolded Wulfgar after his dangerous inaction with the dragon.

Bruenor scolded, glancing around to see if any unwanted attention had fallen upon them.

The male had never paid him any mind, had never scolded him or praised him or offered to him any advice or training.

Drizzt scolded, snapping the flat sides of his scimitars out, one-two, against the sides of Wulfgar's face.

The sheer volume of the ensuing protests from the other dwarves at the waste of good mead astounded Drizzt, but not as much as the fact that this probably was the first time he had ever seen Bruenor scolded without finding the courage to fight back.

Catti-brie scolded, waving her sword in front of her, her wide blue eyes narrowing intently, her shapely hips swiveling as she fell into a low balance.

Dog Perry scolded, working hard to keep his voice calm, though in truth he wanted to throttle the nervous young man.

Drizzt nearly laughed aloud as he considered the swirl of thoughts churning within him, including those same protective feelings toward Catti-brie for which he had once scolded a younger Wulfgar.

King Obould scolded his son, though not loudly, when he arrived on the scene south of Shallows and observed the body-strewn field.

He ran to the side and the worg turned and darted at him, but the orc intercepted and scolded it, kicking it in the rump as it turned around.

Nedylene Zinard scolded, also leaning against the railing very casually but with her back to the unfolding scene of ruin.

Dondara scolded her from above, appearing from the rear of the ship in a two-man sled.

It didn't help to be told that she herself had once, at about age five, scolded the Block Coordinator for using a polite euphemism at the table.