SCOLDING Meaning of SCOLDING in English /skohl"ding/ , n.the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof: I got a scolding for being late again.[ 1425-75; late ME; see SCOLD, -ING 1 ] Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012