COMMON SCOLD

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

common scold; nag; nagger; scold; scolder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("common scold" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common scold"):

harridan (a scolding (even vicious) old woman)