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- Dictionaryberate/bɪˈreɪt/
verb
- 1. scold or criticize (someone) angrily: "she berated herself for being fickle"
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The meaning of BERATE is to scold or condemn vehemently and at length. How to use berate in a sentence. Berate and Rate Synonym Discussion of Berate.
to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone: As he left the meeting, he was berated by angry demonstrators. Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news. Synonyms. chide formal. lambaste. lecture. rebuke formal. reprimand formal. scold old-fashioned.
to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone: As he left the meeting, he was berated by angry demonstrators. Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news. Synonyms. chide formal. lambaste. lecture. rebuke formal. reprimand formal. scold old-fashioned.
Some common synonyms of berate are rail, revile, scold, upbraid, and vituperate. While all these words mean "to reproach angrily and abusively," berate suggests prolonged and often abusive scolding. berated continually by an overbearing boss.
When you berate someone, you do more than just raise your voice at them; berate implies putting someone down by insulting their character. This word comes from a 16th-century English and French root meaning "to scold or blame."
berate somebody/yourself to criticize or speak angrily to somebody because you do not approve of something they have done. She berated herself for losing her temper. The minister was berated by angry demonstrators as he left the meeting.
berate - 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"
If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
