scold
verb (used with object)
outscold
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a word derived from
scold.
Example Sentences
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To cunning, the refuge of weakness, she had recourse; and she considered that, though she could no longer outscold, she could still outwit her adversary.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Maria Edgeworth
There end thy brave, and turn thy face in peace; We grant thou canst outscold us: fare thee well; We hold our time too precious to be spent With such a brabbler.
From King John by William Shakespeare
The three women who lived in the room were all standing with red, angry faces, each trying to outscold the others.
From The Bishop's Shadow by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston
What need we fight, and sweat, and keep a coil, When railing crows outscold our adversaries?
From King Edward III by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
The other rushed out to meet her, and there followed a clamour of tongues such as I never before heard—each termagant resolute to outscold the other.
From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White
