berate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: berate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for berate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Berate \Be*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berating}.] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.