yell at
Verb
Meaning
yell at (third-person singular simple present yells at, present participle yelling at, simple past and past participle yelled at)
(idiomatic) To scold, to rebuke, often by yelling.
The boy's father yelled at him for lying to him about cleaning up the mess.
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Examples
Actions always speak louder than words. Someone can yell at you for two hours... and help you. Another can smile at you for two years... and betray you.
When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.
They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs.
When life sucks, read. They can't yell at you for that. And if they do, then you can ignore them.
Now, if you ask me, what's going on is that we're all up to here in it, and probably the most important thing is that we not yell at one another.
Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be terribly irritable. I go to cognitive behavioral therapy in order not to yell at my children.