Reprove vs. Scold

Reproveverb

(intransitive) to express disapproval.

Reproveverb

(transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.

Reproveverb

(transitive) to deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.).

Reproveverb

(transitive) To prove again.

Reproveverb

To convince.

Reproveverb

To disprove; to refute.

Reproveverb

To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.

Reproveverb

To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.

Reproveverb

take to task;

Scoldnoun

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Scoldverb

(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

Scoldverb

To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; - often with at; as, to scold at a servant.

Scoldverb

To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.

Scoldnoun

One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.

Scoldnoun

A scolding; a brawl.

Scoldnoun

someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

Scoldverb

censure severely or angrily;

Scoldverb

show one's unhappiness or critical attitude;