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View thesaurus entry = scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, blast, carpet, put down, criticize, slate, censure, castigate, revile, chide, harangue, tear into, tell off, rail at, flame, diss, read the riot act to, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out, excoriate, rap over the knuckles, chew out, tear (someone) off a strip, give a rocket, vituperate,
Translations for 'berate'
- British English: berate If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong. VERBShe berated him for the noise he made.
- Brazilian Portuguese: ralhar
- Chinese: 痛斥
- European Spanish: reprender
- French: réprimander
- German: schelten
- Italian: rimproverare
- Japanese: 叱責する
- Korean: 질책하다
- Portuguese: ralhar
- Spanish: reprender
Example Sentences Including 'berate'
But I've neglected a degree of my personal life which is not good and I berate myself for that.Sun, News of the World (2002)
Fatty treats are permitted so long as you rigorously berate yourself for at least an hour a day.The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2004)
For once I controlled myself and didn't berate her as a feeling of dread spread through me.THE EXECUTION (2002)
Haste ye back and berate us with a new set of opinions soon.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He liked to play with his dogs, and I once saw him rein in to berate a drover who who whipping his cart horse.Here Be Dragons
McCarthy, irritated at how long the evacuations from the pub had taken, began to berate Keane.Irish Times (2002)
Politicians berate consultants, managers, domestic staff, and anyone else they can think of for not reaching unattainable targets.British Medical Journal (2002)
They wouldn't need to berate heaven, or put on smiles when all they wanted to do was scream.EVERVILLE (2001)
We are berated for falling short of the ideal, we berate ourselves and we berate our own mothers in their turn.Mothers who Leave
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