berate
11berate — be|rate [bıˈreıt] v [T + for] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: rate to berate (14 20 centuries)] formal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong …
12berate — be|rate [ bı reıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to talk to someone in an angry way because they have done something wrong: berate someone for (doing) something: Their teacher berated them for being late …
13berate — [[t]bɪre͟ɪt[/t]] berates, berating, berated VERB If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong. [FORMAL] [V n for n] Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. [Also V n] Syn: chide …
14berate — v 1. scold, chide, tongue lash, rate, harangue, rant, curse, execrate, imprecate, anathematize; upbraid, objurgate, excoriate, lambaste, flay, fulminate against; castigate, chastise, berate, censure, criticize, reproach, rebuke, reprove, Inf.… …
15berate — transitive verb Date: 1548 to scold or condemn vehemently and at length Synonyms: see scold …
16berate — /bi rayt /, v.t., berated, berating. to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public. [1540 50; BE + RATE2] Syn. abuse, vilify, vituperate, objurgate. * * * …
17berate — Synonyms and related words: abuse, bark at, bawl out, betongue, blacken, castigate, chew out, chide, excoriate, execrate, fulminate against, harangue, jaw, load with reproaches, objurgate, rag, rail, rail at, rate, rave against, revile, scold,… …
18berate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rebuke, scold, vilify. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scold, chide, reprimand, rebuke; see scold . See Synonym Study at scold . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scold, upbraid, rebuke …
19berate — see RATE …
20berate — be·rate || bɪ reɪt v. scold, rebuke, reproach …
