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Define the word berate

Berate \Be*rate"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Berated; p. pr. & vb. n. Berating.] [See 2nd rate, v.
   t..]
   To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.
   [1913 Webster]

berate
     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" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
          rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
          dress down, call down, scold, chide, bawl out,
          remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste,
          lambast]

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "berate":
   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