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Berate   /bɪrˈeɪt/   Listen
verb
Berate  v. t.  (past & past part. berated; pres. part. berating)  To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Berate" Quotes from Famous Books



... one summer, and a decayed branch broke open, revealing a brood of half-fledged owls, and many feathers and quills of bluebirds, orioles, and other songsters, showing plainly enough why all birds fear and berate the owl. ...
— A Year in the Fields • John Burroughs

... against her; and then if madam tried to get me turned away, she would have her labor for her pains. What have we here? A flask of Xeres, as I live! So ho, senorita! Is this the source of your inspiration when you berate your betters? I declare it smells good; the jade is ...
— The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales • Francis A. Durivage

... sorry to say, used to behave very badly when the old dame went abroad; and when she came home and found the house in confusion, and bowls and vases broken, she used to berate Little Mook for what he could ...
— ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; - The Rhine to the Arctic • Hezekiah Butterworth



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