outscold

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8

Definition of outscold

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To scold more than.
    “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.”
    “Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeezed And bored with elbow-points through both his sides, Out scolds the ranting actor on the stage.”
    “1812, Mary Russell Mitford, letter addressed to William Elford dated 12 July, 1812, in A. G. K. L’Estrange (ed.), The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, New York: Harper, 1870, Volume I, p. 162, And as to singers, I am certain that one of them goes as high as Catalani: I never heard any thing to equal it except a friend of mine who went into hysterics because she was outscolded by her husband. She, I think, did scream louder.”
    “1897, James Monroe, “The Early Abolitionists” in Oberlin Thursday Lectures: Addresses and Essays, Oberlin, Ohio: Edward J. Goodrich, pp. 22-23, This jocose tirade had the intended effect. The lady felt herself outscolded and declined the contest.”

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Etymology

From out- + scold.

Words you can make from outscold

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7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

30 words

2-letter words

8 words

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