scold

Earlier this year, Jay-Z appeared to scold Grammy voters for Beyonce's lack of recognition in the top category as he accepted a lifetime achievement prize.

Lou Campbell, a relationship counsellor, explains that the telling-off "is entirely made for TV" as qualified therapists "challenge behaviours" but don't scold their clients.

Everyone has faced the challenge of navigating a conversation with a humorless scold.

But not all the protesters are foreign agents, and in any case, it’s offensive for the leader of a country that depends so deeply on our aid to come here and scold our citizens, no matter how misguided he might find them.

When I’d respond that wrinkles were the worries of the rich, she’d scold me and say one didn’t need money to present oneself with class.