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Berate   /bɪrˈeɪt/   Listen
Berate

verb
(past & past part. berated; pres. part. berating)
1.
Censure severely or angrily.  Synonyms: bawl out, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce.  "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" , "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"






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"Berate" Quotes from Famous Books



... speak well of; condemn &c (find guilty) 971. blame; lay blame upon, cast blame upon; censure, fronder [Fr.], reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn. remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate. reprehend, chide, admonish; berate, betongue^; bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order; take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book; read a lesson, read a lecture to; rebuke, correct. reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete [Fr.], overhaul; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... spiciness, and exasperates by his opinionatedness. You want to see his bean-field, but know you would be an intruder. He might even tell you to your face that he was happiest the mornings when nobody called. He likes to advise and berate, but at long range. Speaking of these two writers, Whitman once said, "Outdoors taught Burroughs gentle things about men—it had no such effect ...
— Our Friend John Burroughs • Clara Barrus



Words linked to "Berate" :   criticise, criticize, pick apart, brush down, knock, castigate, tell off, correct, chastise, objurgate, chasten



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