berate
Verb
Verb Forms: berated, berating, berates
- To scold or criticize someone angrily and at length.
- censure severely or angrily
- To chide or scold vehemently.
Examples
- After a misplay, he didn’t berate himself, but learned from the mistake.
- What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
Origin / Etymology
From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”).
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
Scrabble Score: 8
berate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordberate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
berate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary