Meaning of BERATE
| Pronunciation: | | bi'reyt
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| | Definition: | | [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 |
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| | Synonyms: | | bawl out, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce |
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| | See Also: | | brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, criticise, criticize, objurgate, pick apart, tell off | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Berating}.]
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, bark at, bawl out, betongue, blacken, castigate, chew out, chide, excoriate, execrate, fulminate against, harangue, jaw, load with reproaches, objurgate, rag, rail, rail at, rate, rave against, revile, scold, thunder against, tongue-lash, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, yell at, yelp at |
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