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berate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| 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, scold, take to task, trounce |
| Type of | knock, criticise, pick apart, criticize |
| Has types | correct, objurgate, brush down, tell off, castigate, chasten, chastise |
Examples of berate
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We berate ourselves for a lack of will power, but cravings may not be our fault.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Officials now regularly berate insurers, a sure-fire way to win populist points.
From the economist.com
His book is no vanity project meant to berate people who take out student loans.
From the boston.com
You can't berate a man for his ignorance if you've kept the knowledge from him.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Simon Callow, you advocate salami slicing but also berate a 15% cut to the RSC.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is unfair to berate RIM for not coming up with the products that Apple created.
From the bbc.co.uk
In English football the default reaction is to mock, to berate, to intimidate.
From the guardian.co.uk
Critics berate players who no longer feel anything for the shirt they are wearing.
From the dailymail.co.uk
So now I go onstage and berate and mercilessly crucify the people in the audience.
From the ocregister.com
- Call on the carpet: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- (berating) a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
- To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate
- To scold in a harsh way.
