[verb] [T] - to tell off (someone of whose behaviour you disapprove)He didn't scold her, but he demanded to know how the accident had happened.His mother scolded him for breaking her favourite vase.The president was scolded publicly for the environmental pollution his country has caused.
SCOLD
Meaning of SCOLD in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012