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Berate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. See Synonyms at scold.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To chide vehemently; scold.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. 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."

Verb Form

berated berates berating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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Hyponym

objurgate correct tell off brush down chastise chasten castigate

Form

berated berating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

scold reprehend

Rhyme

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Same Context

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