berate

present singular third person berates · participle present berating · participle past berated · past berated

1. transitiveTo chide or scold vehemently.

   What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?

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   Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.

   1896, Gilbert Parker, chapter 13, in Seats Of The Mighty

   A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.

   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., September 1918, →OCLC, pages 327–328

   Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.

   1917, Jack London, chapter 14, in Jerry of the Islands

   During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.

   2008 November 27, Alex Perry, “The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King”, in Time

   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.

   2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France