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Definitions for: Berate
[v] 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"; "check" is archaic
Webster (1913) Definition: Be*rate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Berating.]
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.
Synonyms: bawl out, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce
See Also: brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, criticise, criticize, objurgate, pick apart, tell off
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