People and roles

Synonyms for scold

The synonym for scold recorded in this bank is reprimand, in the sense "to criticize someone angrily for wrongdoing". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for scold

reprimandverb, in the sense "to criticize someone angrily for wrongdoing"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and scold carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelinePeople and roles

to criticize someone angrily for wrongdoing.

The teacher would scold any student who talked during the exam.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

reprimand

Same sentence, swapped: The teacher would reprimand any student who talked during the exam.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for scold in the sentence quoted.

praise
excuse
dismiss

Where scold turns up in the game

scold is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where scold is the trap

consoleverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is comfort, in the sense "to comfort someone in a time of grief or distress", and scold is on the board beside it.
corralverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is herd, in the sense "to gather people or animals together into a controlled group", and scold is on the board beside it.
shunverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is avoid, in the sense "to deliberately avoid or keep away from someone", so scold is there to be ruled out.

Play scold

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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