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Rated a nagging woman with bleeding heart (7)

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I believe the answer is:

scolded

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'rated' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how one could define the other.

'a nagging woman with bleeding heart' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'de' and 'de' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'scold' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for scolded that I've seen before include "Berated" , "Rebuked angrily" , "Told off" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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