"berate" meaning in English

See berate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-berate.wav Forms: berates [present, singular, third-person], berating [participle, present], berated [participle, past], berated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|rate|t2=to scold, upbraid}} be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)
  1. (transitive) To chide or scold vehemently. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking Derived forms: beratement, beratingly Related terms: beration Translations (chide vehemently): سَبَّ (sabba) (Arabic), شَاتَمَ (šātama) (Arabic), شَتَمَ (šatama) (Arabic), لَحَا (laḥā) (Arabic), руга́я (rugája) (Bulgarian), 痛罵 (Chinese Mandarin), 痛骂 (tòngmà) (Chinese Mandarin), vynadat [perfective] (Czech), vyhubovat [perfective] (Czech), hubovat [imperfective] (Czech), spílat [imperfective] (Czech), nuhdella (Finnish), läksyttää (Finnish), sättiä (Finnish), réprimander (French), admonester (French), fustiger (French), ausschelten (German), ausschimpfen (German), beschimpfen (German), schelten (German), szid (Hungarian), megszid (Hungarian), lehord (Hungarian), korhol (Hungarian), riprendere (Italian), ammonire (Italian), rimproverare (Italian), sgridare (Italian), richiamare (Italian), redarguire (Italian), 難詰する (nankitsu-suru) (alt: なんきつする) (Japanese), しかる (shikaru) (Japanese), 痛罵する (tsūba-suru) (alt: つうばする) (Japanese), ガミガミ叱る (gamigami shikaru) (Japanese), braneit (Latgalian), lomuot (Latgalian), luodēt (Latgalian), luot (Latgalian), sveņtēt (Latgalian), bārt (Latvian), lamāt (Latvian), rakke ned på (Norwegian Bokmål), skjelle ut (Norwegian Bokmål), repreender (Portuguese), admoestar (Portuguese), anyay (Quechua), admonestare (Romanian), certare (Romanian), ocărî (Romanian), admonesta (Romanian), руга́ть (rugátʹ) (Russian), брани́ть (branítʹ) (Russian), поноси́ть (ponosítʹ) (Russian), ukoriti (Serbo-Croatian), izgrditi (Serbo-Croatian), reprender (Spanish), vituperar (Spanish), reprehender (Spanish), amonestar (Spanish), reñir (Spanish), azarlamak (Turkish), fırça atmak (Turkish), haşlamak (Turkish), paylamak (Turkish), ла́яти (lájaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), гани́ти (hanýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), свари́ти (svarýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.",
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          "text": "A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.",
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          "text": "France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.",
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          "roman": "rugája",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "痛罵"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "tòngmà",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "fustiger"
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "lehord"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "korhol"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "riprendere"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "ammonire"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "rimproverare"
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "sgridare"
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "richiamare"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "redarguire"
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          "alt": "なんきつする",
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          "roman": "nankitsu-suru",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "難詰する"
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          "roman": "shikaru",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "alt": "つうばする",
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          "roman": "tsūba-suru",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "痛罵する"
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          "roman": "gamigami shikaru",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "ガミガミ叱る"
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
          "word": "lomuot"
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "word": "rakke ned på"
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          "word": "certare"
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          "roman": "lájaty",
          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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          "sense": "chide vehemently",
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        "t2": "to scold, upbraid"
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      "name": "prefix"
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      "form": "berates",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "berating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "berated",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "past"
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latgalian translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Quechua translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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        {
          "text": "What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Gilbert Parker, chapter 13, in Seats Of The Mighty:",
          "text": "Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 21, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC, pages 327–328:",
          "text": "A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Jack London, chapter 14, in Jerry of the Islands:",
          "text": "Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 November 27, Alex Perry, “The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King”, in Time:",
          "text": "During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:",
          "text": "France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To chide or scold vehemently."
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          "scold",
          "scold"
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        "(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sabba",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "سَبَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šātama",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "شَاتَمَ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šatama",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "شَتَمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "laḥā",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "لَحَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rugája",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "руга́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "痛罵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tòngmà",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "痛骂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vynadat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyhubovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hubovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "spílat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "nuhdella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "läksyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "sättiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "réprimander"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "admonester"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "fustiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "ausschelten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "ausschimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "beschimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "schelten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "szid"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "megszid"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "lehord"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "korhol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "riprendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "ammonire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "rimproverare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "sgridare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "richiamare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "redarguire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なんきつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nankitsu-suru",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "難詰する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikaru",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "しかる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つうばする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsūba-suru",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "痛罵する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gamigami shikaru",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "ガミガミ叱る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "braneit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "lomuot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "luodēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "luot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "sveņtēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "bārt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "lamāt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "rakke ned på"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "skjelle ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "repreender"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "admoestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "anyay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "admonestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "certare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "ocărî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "admonesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rugátʹ",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "руга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "branítʹ",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "брани́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponosítʹ",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "поноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "ukoriti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "izgrditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "reprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "vituperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "reprehender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "amonestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "reñir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "azarlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "fırça atmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "haşlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "word": "paylamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lájaty",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ла́яти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hanýty",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гани́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svarýty",
      "sense": "chide vehemently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "свари́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "berate"
}

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