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- Dictionaryberate/bɪˈreɪt/
verb
- 1. scold or criticize (someone) angrily: "she berated herself for being fickle"
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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.
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.
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."
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.
If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong. She berated him for the noise he made. American English : berate / bɪˈreɪt /
berate somebody/yourself to criticize or speak angrily to somebody because you do not approve of something they have done. She berated herself for being a bad mother. The minister was berated by angry demonstrators as he left the meeting. Word Origin.
From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”), from Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hratjaną, *hratōną (“to sway, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing”).
verb (used with object) , be·rat·ed, be·rat·ing. to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public. Synonyms: vilify, objurgate, vituperate, abuse. berate. / bɪˈreɪt / verb. tr to scold harshly. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of berate 1. First recorded in 1540–50; be- + rate 2. Discover More. Example Sentences.
verb [ T ] formal uk / bɪˈreɪt / us. Add to word list Add to word list. to speak angrily to someone: She berated him for being late. (Definition of berate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of berate. in Chinese (Traditional) 嚴責，訓斥… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 严责，训斥… See more. in Spanish.
Define berate. berate synonyms, berate pronunciation, berate translation, English dictionary definition of berate. tr.v. be·rat·ed , be·rat·ing , be·rates To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.
