Word.ws English Dictionary

scold in Arabic

اِمْرَأَة سَلِيطَة

UK/ˈskəʊ̯ld//ˈskoʊ̯ld/

scold in Arabic: اِمْرَأَة سَلِيطَة, وَبَّخَ (wabbaḵa). In English, scold means a person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Arabic words for scold

person who scolds, particularly a woman
اِمْرَأَة سَلِيطَة
rebuke
وَبَّخَ wabbaḵa

English meaning of scold

  1. noun A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
  2. verb To rebuke angrily.
  3. verb Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.
  4. verb Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding.

Full definition of scold

scold in a sentence

  • I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.

Synonyms of scold

All synonyms of scold

scold in other languages

Questions about scold in Arabic

What is the meaning of scold in Arabic?
Scold in Arabic is اِمْرَأَة سَلِيطَة, وَبَّخَ (wabbaḵa).
ما معنى كلمة scold؟
Scold: اِمْرَأَة سَلِيطَة, وَبَّخَ (wabbaḵa).
What does scold mean in English?
Scold means a person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scold (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-scold.ogg.

Cite this page: “scold meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/scold. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.