torua — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
torua is used for these senses in English:
- reprove (transitive) To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
- scold (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
- wrist-slap (idiomatic, transitive) To reprimand mildly.
reprove — full definition
- verb To express disapproval.
- verb To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
- verb To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
scold — full definition
- verb To criticize someone sharply, usually for doing something wrong.
- noun Old-fashioned: a person, especially a woman, who habitually nags or criticizes.