Scared of loud scolding (7)
I believe the answer is:
fearful
'scared' is the definition.
(I know that scared can be written as fearful)
'loud scolding' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'scolding' becomes 'earful' (I've seen this in another clue).
'f'+'earful'='FEARFUL'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for fearful that I've seen before include "Timid" , "awful!" , "Timorous; terrible" , "Afraid; very great" , "wary" .)