Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scold
Participle: scolded
Gerund: scolding
Indicative
Present
| I | scold |
| you | scold |
| he;she;it | scolds |
| we | scold |
| you | scold |
| they | scold |
Perfect
| I | have scolded |
| you | have scolded |
| he;she;it | has scolded |
| we | have scolded |
| you | have scolded |
| they | have scolded |
Past
| I | scolded |
| you | scolded |
| he;she;it | scolded |
| we | scolded |
| you | scolded |
| they | scolded |
Pluperfect
| I | had scolded |
| you | had scolded |
| he;she;it | had scolded |
| we | had scolded |
| you | had scolded |
| they | had scolded |
Future
| I | will scold |
| you | will scold |
| he;she;it | will scold |
| we | will scold |
| you | will scold |
| they | will scold |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scolded |
| you | will have scolded |
| he;she;it | will have scolded |
| we | will have scolded |
| you | will have scolded |
| they | will have scolded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scold |
| you | scold |
| he;she;it | scold |
| we | scold |
| you | scold |
| they | scold |
Perfect
| I | have scolded |
| you | have scolded |
| he;she;it | have scolded |
| we | have scolded |
| you | have scolded |
| they | have scolded |
Imperfect
| I | scolded |
| you | scolded |
| he;she;it | scolded |
| we | scolded |
| you | scolded |
| they | scolded |
Pluperfect
| I | had scolded |
| you | had scolded |
| he;she;it | had scolded |
| we | had scolded |
| you | had scolded |
| they | had scolded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scold |
| you | would scold |
| he;she;it | would scold |
| we | would scold |
| you | would scold |
| they | would scold |
Perfect
| I | would have scolded |
| you | would have scolded |
| he;she;it | would have scolded |
| we | would have scolded |
| you | would have scolded |
| they | would have scolded |
Imperative
| you | scold |
| we | Let's scold |
| you | scold |
Verbs conjugated like 'scold'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scold'
scald,
scould,
sculd,
bold,
cod,
coll,
colt,
cond,
cord,
fold,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To rebuke.
- criticize
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is from Middle English scold(e), skald(e), first attested in the 12th or 13th century (as scold, scolde, skolde, skald). The verb is from Middle English scolden, first attested in the late 1300s. Most dictionaries derive the verb from the noun and say the noun is probably from Old Norse skald (“poet”) (cognate with Icelandic skáld (“poet, scop”)), as skalds sometimes wrote insulting poems, though another view is that the Norse and English words are cognate to each other and to Old High German skeltan (whence Modern German schelten (“to scold, chide”)), Old Dutch skeldan (whence Modern Dutch schelden (“to scold, berate”)), all inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (“scold”). See: Middle English '
scolden', Old High German 'skeltan', German, old spelling '
schelten', Dutch '
schelden', Proto-Germanic '
*skeldaną'.
Verbs referencing "scold"
German, old spelling
schelten, Danish
skælde.
Sample Sentences
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[...] hold their heads up above him, and that I 've got proud notions from you; and he says he won't let me come here any more, and that I shall take a wife and settle down on his place. At first he only scolded and grumbled these things; but yesterday he told me that I should take Mina for a wife, and settle down in a cabin with her, or he would sell me down river. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] incident to wisdom in us both; but, some how or other, instead of being actor and regenerator in society, I became a piece of driftwood, and have been floating and eddying about, ever since. Alfred scolds me, every time we meet; and he has the better of me, I grant,—for he really does something; his life is a logical result of his opinions and mine is a contemptible _non sequitur_. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] be the most miserable of mothers. Here she was, with her wretched health, and her only darling child going down to the grave before her eyes; ” — and Marie routed up Mammy nights, and rumpussed and scolded, with more energy than ever, all day, on the strength of this new misery.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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When Legree scolded and stormed, Emmeline was terrified; but when he laid his hand on her, and spoke as he now did, she felt as if she had rather he would strike her. The expression of his eyes made her soul sick, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)