scold vs plain
plain vs scoldscold and plain both are nouns.
scold is not an adjective while plain is an adjective.
scold and plain both are verbs.
scold is not an adverb while plain is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scold | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| plain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
As verbs,
plain is a hypernym of
scold; that is, plain is a
word with a broader meaning than scold:
- scold: show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- plain: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
| scold (noun) | plain (noun) |
|---|---|
| someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side |
| extensive tract of level open land |
| scold (adjective) | plain (adjective) |
|---|---|
| not elaborate or elaborated; simple | |
| lacking patterns especially in color | |
| free from any effort to soften to disguise | |
| clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | |
| not mixed with extraneous elements | |
| lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
| scold (verb) | plain (verb) |
|---|---|
| censure severely or angrily | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| show one's unhappiness or critical attitude |
| scold (adverb) | plain (adverb) |
|---|---|
| unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |
Words related to "scold"
- bawl out
- berate
- brush down
- call down
- call on the carpet
- castigate
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- chew up
- chide
- common scold
- complain
- correct
- criticise
- criticize
- depreciation
- derogation
- disagreeable person
- disparagement
- dress down
- grouch
- grumble
- harridan
- have words
- jaw
- kick
- knock
- kvetch
- lambast
- lambaste
- lecture
- nag
- nagger
- objurgate
- pick apart
- plain
- quetch
- rag
- rebuke
- remonstrate
- reprimand
- scolder
- scolding
- sound off
- take to task
- tell off
- trounce
- unpleasant person
Words related to "plain"
- Nullarbor Plain
- Olympia
- Serengeti
- Serengeti Plain
- apparent
- apparently
- austere
- backbite
- bare
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- bleat
- champaign
- chaste
- colloquialism
- complain
- crab
- croak
- deplore
- depreciation
- derogation
- direct
- disparagement
- dry
- dry land
- earth
- evident
- evidently
- fancy
- featureless
- field
- flat
- flood plain
- floodplain
- gnarl
- gripe
- grizzle
- grouch
- ground
- grouse
- grumble
- hen-peck
- holler
- homely
- inelaborate
- inveigh
- kick
- knit
- knit stitch
- knitting stitch
- kvetch
- lament
- land
- literal
- llano
- manifest
- manifestly
- mere
- moor
- moorland
- murmur
- mutter
- nag
- obvious
- obviously
- palpable
- patent
- patently
- patterned
- peck
- peneplain
- peneplane
- plain stitch
- plainly
- plainness
- protest
- pure
- quetch
- rail
- repine
- report
- scold
- severe
- sheer
- simple
- snowfield
- solid ground
- solid-colored
- solid-coloured
- sound off
- spare
- squawk
- stark
- steppe
- stern
- tailored
- terra firma
- trim
- tundra
- unadorned
- unattractive
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unmingled
- unmistakable
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unpatterned
- unpretentious
- unrhetorical
- unvarnished
- vanilla
- whine
- yammer
- yawp
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