SCOLD  

BLAME someone ADDRESSING him/her USING VIOLENT WORDS.
SWEAR ATINSULTREBUKEREPRIMANDREPROACHREPROVEADMONISHREMONSTRATE WITHCHASTISECHIDEUPBRAIDBERATETAKE TO TASKREAD SOMEONE THE RIOT ACTGIVE SOMEONE A PIECE OF ONE'S MINDRAKE/HAUL SOMEONE OVER THE COALSINFORMAL TELL OFFDRESS DOWNGIVE SOMEONE AN EARFULRAP OVER THE KNUCKLESLET SOMEONE HAVE ITBAWL OUTGIVE SOMEONE HELLGIVE SOMEONE WHAT FORCHEW OUTREAM (OUT)LIGHT INTOFORMAL CASTIGATE
Antonym
  • FLATTERPRAISE SUPERIOR, TYPICALLY with the AIM of CAUSING ONESELF to BECOME LOVED by SUPERIORS TO be DELIGHTED.
    • PRAISESPEAK about something GOOD and NOT COMMON in ANOTHER HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING.
      Hypernym
      • BLAMECRITICISE someone as GUILTY of a WICKED:reprehensible MISTAKE OR a CRIME.
        • CRITICISESPEAK AND NAME SOMETHING BAD and AVOIDABLE. 
          • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
            • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
      See also
      • CURSESPEAK so as to TRY to CAUSE DIVINE DISASTER FOR someone.
        • CURSESPEAK so as to TRY to CAUSE DIVINE DISASTER FOR someone.
          • QUARRELFIGHT USING SPEECH.
            Hyponym
            • LAMPOON SCOLD or CRITICISE BY NOT FAIR ACCUSATIONS AND SATIRE.
              Old Chinese Criteria
              1. The current general word for scolding someone or swearing at someone is lì 詈 (ant. yú 諛 "speak to in an obsequious way").

              2. Mà 罵 (ant. chǎn 諂 "speak to in a flattering way") refers to venting one's anger with someone through language, but without necessarily being in the immediate physical vicinity of the object of one's abuse.

              3. Chì 叱 and the hē 呵 are colloquial words for swearing or venting one's anger to the face of the object of one's abuse.

              4. Dǐ 詆 (ant. sòng 頌 "sing the praises of") focusses not so much on the venting of anger but on the function of insulting and offending the person scolded.

              5. Gòu 詬 (ant. zàn 讚 "praise publicly") adds to the swearing and scolding strong overtones of public insult.

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              罵 is the current modern word for swearing.

              辱罵 focusses on abuse and insult, as well as humiliation.

              詬罵 focusses on vile language.

              謾罵 focusses on dramatic vile abuse.

              漫罵 focusses on excessive abuse.

              笑罵 focuses on ridiculing abuse.

              怒斥 (lit) focusses on the element of aggressive anger in the scolding.

              怒喝 focusses on the elements of anger and loudness in the scolding.

              叱呵 focusses on the elements of eruptive loudness in the scolding.

              叱喝 focusses on excessive loudness.

              呵喝 (lit) focusses on the warning function of scolding.

              叱咄 "rant at" focusses on over-excitedness and the berating function of scolding.

              叱 (cl)

              幫罵

              謗詈

              謗罵

              詆罵

              卷罵

              詛罵

              詛讓

              詛咒

              呵詬

              呵詆

              呵罵

              呵毀

              可詈

              呵罵

              訾呵

              喝罵

              吼罵

              叫罵

              譙呵

              嘲詬

              嘲詈

              嘲罵

              疑詬

              譏罵

              奚詬

              斥罵

              斥責

              斥叱

              訾叱

              刺詈

              責詬

              責詈

              責罵

              謫罵 zhe2

              訕詈

              訕罵

              忿詈

              恚罵

              恚訾

              惱罵

              怨詈

              痛詆

              痛罵

              啐罵

              噍罵

              啐詬

              誶罵

              誶辱

              誶語

              吐罵

              唾罵

              喧詬

              喧罵

              讓罵

              謾罵

              漫罵

              慢罵

              海罵

              極罵

              肆詈

              浪罵

              醜詆

              醜詈

              凌詬

              疵詬

              威詬

              臭詬

              yue3ma4 噦罵

              穢詈

              辱詬

              辱詈

              辱罵

              侮罵

              毀罵

              煎罵

              毒詈

              毒罵

              惡罵

              詬斥

              詬叱

              詬毀

              詬詛

              詆叱

              詆斥

              詆詬

              詆謾

              詆誚

              詆呵

              詆訶

              詈詬

              詈詰

              詈罵

              詈辱

              詈侮

              詈責

              詈訾

              罵讓

              罵嚷

              罵說

              罵瞋 / 嗔

              罵訶

              罵喝

              罵詛

              罵譏

              罵辱

              罵毀

              罵言

              罵伐

              破口大罵

              怒斥

              怒喝

              叱呵

              叱喝

              呵喝

              叱咄

              叱 

              咄嗟



              rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

              Old Chinese Contrasts
              Swearing at a person typically and predominantly comes in five ways:

              1. declaring him to be vulgar, like a slave etc.;

              2. declaring him to be uncivilised, like a barbarian etc.;

              3. declaring him to be inhuman, like a wild beast etc.;

              4. declaring him to be immoral so as to deserve early death;

              5. declaring him unworthy so as to deserve no progeny.

              • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 989

              • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

                INSULT

                maledictum refers to any utterance of what is injurious to another, whether to bring him ill luck by cursing, or discrace by verbal injuries.

                probrum refers to an invective consisting of attacks and assertions wounding the honour of another.

                convicium refers to verbal abuse consisting of single words and appellations wounding the honour of another.

              • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 205

              • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

                CONTUMELIA

                MALEDICENTIA

              • 漢語詈詞研究-漢語罵詈小史 ( LIU FUGEN 2007) p.

              • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 5.52

              • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.391.348

                AFFRONT.INSULTE.OUTRAGE.AVANIE

              • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 373

              Attributions by syntactic funtion

              • vtoN : 30
              • VPt(oN) : 7
              • nab : 4
              • NPab : 2
              • vt[oN] : 2
              • VPtoN : 2
              • vtoN.+VtoS : 1
              • VPt+prep+N : 1
              • VPt[oN] : 1
              • vtoN.+V : 1

              Attributions by text

              • 妙法蓮華經 : 8
              • 韓非子 : 6
              • 墨子 : 4
              • 荀子 : 4
              • 戰國策 : 4
              • 史記 : 4
              • 禮記 : 3
              • 春秋左傳 : 3
              • 呂氏春秋 : 3
              • 賢愚經 : 2
              • 百喻經 : 2
              • 韓詩外傳 : 2
              • 搜神記 : 1
              • 劉義慶世說新語 : 1
              • 尚書 : 1
              • 楚辭 : 1
              • 六祖壇經 : 1
              • 東觀漢記 : 1

              Words

                chì OC: thjid MC: tɕhit 12 AttributionsWD

              Chì 叱 and the hē 呵are colloquial words for swearing or venting one's anger to the face of the object of one's abuse.

                Syntactic words
              • vt[oN]swear
              • vtoNswear at and deride; scold, curse
              • vtoN.+VtoSscold N saying:DS
                gòu OC: kooʔ MC: ku 11 AttributionsWD

              Gòu 詬 (ant. zàn 讚 "praise publicly") adds to the swearing and scolding strong overtones of public insult.

                Syntactic words
              • nabactinsult
              • vtoNvilify, revile and humiliate noisily; curse (Heaven etc)
                lì OC: rals MC: liɛ 10 AttributionsWD

              The current general word for scolding someone or swearing at someone is lì 詈 (ant. yú 諛 "speak to in an obsequious way").

                Syntactic words
              • nabactan insult, a scolding
              • vtoNLISAO: swear at, vent one's anger at, often as a bystander or not face-to-face; expostulate against
              • vtoNpassivebe insulted
              罵詈  mà lì OC: mraas rals MC: mɣɛ liɛ 8 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)scold a contextually determinate N, malign to the face
              • VPt[oN]swear at people
              • VPtoNswear at
              • VPtoNpassive(suffer) scolding
                hē OC: qhlaal MC: hɑ
                hē OC: qhlaal MC: hɑ 2 AttributionsWD

              Chì 叱 and the hē 呵are colloquial words for swearing or venting one's anger to the face of the object of one's abuse.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNswear at
              • vtoN.+Vscold N for V-ing
                mà OC: mraas MC: mɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD

              Mà 罵 (ant. chǎn 諂"speak to in a flattering way") refers to venting one's anger with someone through language, but without necessarily being in the immediate physical vicinity of the object of one's abuse.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNrare in pre-Buddhist texts: be abusive towards; HS 65: swear at (the emperor travelling incognito 微服)
              • vtoNpassiveget scolded; get sworn at
                mán OC: moon MC: mʷɑn 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNspeak of someone's insultingly behind his back
              可罵  kě mà OC: khlaalʔ mraas MC: khɑ mɣɛ
              呵罵  hē mà OC: qhlaal mraas MC: hɑ mɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)(可normally with 口 radical) swear at the contextually determinate N
              呵責  hē zé OC: qhlaal skreeɡ MC: hɑ ʈʂɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPabactbeing scolded
              惡罵  wù mà OC: qaaɡs mraas MC: ʔuo̝ mɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)scold the contextually determinate N viciously
              • VPtoNscold viciously
              輕呵  qīng hē OC: kheŋ qhlaal MC: khiɛŋ hɑ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt+prep+Nmalign without showing proper respect for
              䜁訽  xi3 hòu MC: -- xuwH OC: -- qhoosLZ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPabact(= xi3gou4 謑詬) public insults of all kindsLZ
                jì OC: krads MC: kiɛi
                jié OC: kad MC: ki̯ɐt
                jié OC: ked MC: kiɛt 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNdenounce to the face
                dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 0 AttributionsWD

              Dǐ 詆 (ant. sòng 頌 "sing the praises of") focusses not so much on the venting of anger but on the function of insulting and offending the person scolded.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNHS 65: insult to the face
                hū OC: qhaa MC: huo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • viactMENG: make insulting noises (with mouth radical: 謼爾而與之)
              毀呰  huǐ zǐ OC: qhʷralʔ tseʔ MC: hiɛ tsiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNswear at
              輕罵  qīng mà OC: kheŋ mraas MC: khiɛŋ mɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNscold in a way that implies thinking little of one's opponent > scold disrespectfully

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