scolding

That cold, curt way you answered — don't you think it's rude to the other person?

What are you going to do if you wreck your health? An unbalanced diet is the source of all illness, you know.

Do some work already. It'll help your diet.

When you know it yourself, too.

Be quiet, you chatterbox.

Shut up and do as you're told!

She loudly scolded her son for staying out late.

She scolded the child for interrupting the conversation.

Be quiet, or you'll get scolded.

My father lectured me, saying I had smoked a cigarette.

It was at that moment that my father's nagging really hit home.

My father shouted at me and I stopped.

She scolds Terry as often as she scolds me.

She scolded me for being lazy.

She scolded her daughter for coming home too late.

My father scolded Junko for coming home so late.

Strange to say, the teacher didn't scold us.