песо́чить — meaning in English

English meaning

• harsh adj Unpleasantly rough, severe, or unforgiving — used for weather, conditions, sounds, or treatment.
• scold verb To criticize someone sharply, usually for doing something wrong.

Senses

песо́чить is used for these senses in English:

• harsh (ambitransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
• have a go (intransitive, informal, idiomatic, UK, Australia) To tell off (especially unnecessarily or excessively), to criticise.
• scold (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

harsh — full definition

1. adj Unpleasantly rough, severe, or unforgiving — used for weather, conditions, sounds, or treatment.
2. adj Overly critical or unkind in tone.

scold — full definition

1. verb To criticize someone sharply, usually for doing something wrong.
2. noun Old-fashioned: a person, especially a woman, who habitually nags or criticizes.

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