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Scold vs Gibe - What's the difference?

scold | gibe |

As a noun scold

is (obsolete) a person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

As a verb scold

is to rebuke.

As a proper noun gibe is

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scold

English

Alternative forms

* scould (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

    • Related terms

    * scold's bridle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rebuke.
  • * 1813 , (Pride and Prejudice) , (Jane Austen)
    • A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
  • *
    • Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.

    Synonyms

    * objurgate * rebuke * threap * See also

    Anagrams

    * clods, colds

    gibe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gybe * jibe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
  • * 1603 , , Hamlet , act 5, scene 1:
    • Hamlet : Alas, poor Yorick! . . . Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To perform a jibe (2, 3).
  • To agree.
    • That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.
  • To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
  • (ambitransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Draw the beasts as I describe them, / From their features, while I gibe them.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Fleer and gibe , and laugh and flout.

    Anagrams

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