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Definition of 'berate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) berate
to scold; rebuke.

Etymology: (1540–50)

Definition of 'berate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
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"

Definition of 'berate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) berate
to rate or chide vehemently; to scold

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