Post by t-bob on Nov 5, 2019 14:56:42 GMT -5
berate
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast (verb)
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"
berate (Verb)
To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate.
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
The lowest form of barbarism is smugly to berate someone for extending an act of kindness.
There are not stereotypical gender roles in the house, i am an active and engaged parent and don't feel the need to berate masculinity into them.
Three great ways to lose a lover: Talk to him the way your mother talked to your father. Berate him in public because everybody loves an audience. Contrast him to your friends, and compare him with his predecessors.
