scolding

scolding like a fishwife

The woman is always scolding the children in our neighbourhood.

a gentle scolding; a gentle tapping at the window.

You should ease up on the child and stop scolding her.

Mum took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour.

Every scolding that boy just seems to glance off him and not change his behavior at all.

I could hear mother scolding the dog for bringing mud into the house.