Harridan:
noun: A woman regarded as scolding and vicious.
Scolder:
noun: An offensive term for a woman who annoys a man by constantly reminding him to do something.
Shrew:
noun: A woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament.
Termagant:
noun: A quarrelsome, scolding woman.
a woman with a ciolent, scolding, selfish or nagging temperment
Scolding is verbal or physical disciplining of a child. So if you slap a child or give out to them, you are scolding them.
She gave her son a stern scolding for not doing his homework.
"Viragos", the plural of "virago" which means "a woman regarded as noisy, scolding, or domineering" or "a large, strong, courageous woman."
nanny as in grandmother - mamó (Irish)"nanny" as a nurse, foster-mother is "buime". (Irish)
Xanthippe (the wife of Socrates) was the "original" bad tempered wife. Her name has come to mean "scolding wife."Other terms which could mean the same are:shrewnagogressold biddyshe-devilvituperatorbattle-axbiddydragonfuryharpyharridan
No A reproof is a scolding. A warning is a hint of a possible scolding if a behaviour is continued.
Scolding is verbal punishment. Kind of like wagging your finger and telling someone that what they did is wrong.
Definitions of scolding on the Web: * chiding: rebuking a person harshlywordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving childen.wiktionary.org/wiki/scolding
by scolding
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., To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity., One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew., A scolding; a brawl.
The collective nouns for jays are:a band of jaysa cast of jaysa party of jaysa scold of jaysa scolding of jays