scolding

/หˆskoสŠldษชล‹/

IPA: /S K OW1 L D IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To burn with hot liquid.

    โ€œto scald the handโ€

  2. 2

    To heat almost to boiling.

    โ€œScald the milk until little bubbles form.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To rebuke angrily.

noun
  1. 1

    A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

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