Berate

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  • transitive verb. To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. synonym: scold.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To chide vehemently; scold.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. censure severely or angrily
    • Word Usage
    "And I couldn't wait to say that it could be misconstrued as a hatred for someone who they want to berate, which is tantamount to character assassination, because of race, culture and the color of their skin."
    Form
    berated  berating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    criticise  criticize  knock  pick apart  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    brush down  castigate  chasten  chastise  correct  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    animadversion  bank book  chuse  confutation  dreamgum  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abuse  bark at  bawl out  betongue  blacken  
    verb-form
    berated  berates  berating  
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