Englishscolding
noun
Joe meekly accepted her scolding:
rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproval, remonstration, lecture, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, criticism, censure;
informal telling-off, rap, rap over the knuckles, dressing-down, earful, roasting, bawling-out, caning, blast, row;
British, informal ticking off, carpeting, rollicking, wigging;
British, vulgar slang bollocking;
dated rating.
▷antonyms praise, compliment, commendation.
scold Oxford Dictionary of English