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scolding

noun as in censure

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A couple of shots did that in the seventh, but Donovan's use of the head saw him on the end of another scolding and perhaps fortunate not to lose another point.

From BBC

As Rebecca Traister wrote in New York this week, since the election there's been an almost-gleeful flood of scolding from centrist pundits, telling the "woke" left to tone it down and change who we are.

From Salon

No apologies were made to those who didn't need 50 murders to get to the obvious truth, but hey, at least the scolding stopped.

From Salon

Media coverage of parental estrangement has gotten entangled with other buzzy topics like "cancel culture" or articles scolding young women who are unwilling to date Trump voters.

From Salon

The New York Times reported that Hegseth’s mother had sent him an email scolding him for abusing women.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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