scold

1. (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.Examples: "I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you."; "A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —"; "Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes."ambitransitive

2. (ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.