I. noun
Synonyms: virago , amazon, fishwife, harpy, ogress, shrew, termagant, vixen, Xanthippe
II. verb
1.
to reproach angrily and abusively
loudly scolded him for staying out late
Synonyms: baste, bawl out, berate, ||bless out, ||cample, ||carpet, ||chew, ||chew out, dress down, jaw, lash, ||mob, rag, rail, rant, rate, ||ream out, revile, ||row, tell off, tongue, tongue-lash, ||tongue-walk, upbraid, vituperate, wig; compare criticize , lambaste 3, reprove
Related Word: blame, censure, criticize, denounce, reprehend, reprobate; admonish, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; execrate, objurate; brace, grill, harass, hound; blister, excoriate
Idioms: jump down one's throat, rake over the coals, read one the riot act, walk into
2.
Synonyms: grumble 1, croak, grouch, grouse, ||grunt, murmur, mutter