berate Definition

scold, chide, lambast, lambaste, remonstrate, rebuke, reprimand, rag, reproof, lecture, check, jaw, bawl out, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, assail, denounce, censure, chastise, castigate, criticize, badmouth, belittle, admonish, excoriate, harangue, heckle, taunt, vilify, deride, browbeat, complain, humiliate, harass, disparage, denigrate, demean, jeer, apologize, pester, revile, upbraid, cursing, embarrass, mutter, moan, yell, ranting, grumble, whining, mouthing, hectoring, pilloried, shout, reprimanding, ridiculing, coddle, embarass, annoy, accuse, chastize, reproved, despise, whinge, accost, gesticulate, badgering, goading, inveigh, declaim, slagging, shush, bemoan, fellate, rebuked, decry, scorning, fumed, cheerlead, crucify, cajole, grovel, bicker, gloat, kvetch, condescend, demonize, carping, sneering, fulminate, vilipend, extol, run afoul, misbehave, jabbered, backbite, upbraider, punish,