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beratebe‧rate /bɪˈreɪt/ verb [transitive + for]  berateOrigin: 1500-1600 rate ‘to berate’ (14-20 centuries) VERB TABLEberate |
Present | I, you, we, they | berate | | he, she, it | berates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | berated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have berated | | he, she, it | has berated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had berated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will berate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have berated |
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Present | I | am berating | | he, she, it | is berating | | you, we, they | are berating | Past | I, he, she, it | was berating | | you, we, they | were berating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been berating | | he, she, it | has been berating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been berating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be berating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been berating |
- Don't be stupid, she berated herself.
- He berated the White House time and again for not building support for the Bosnia operation within Congress.
- He berates his then-girlfriend, known only as Jackie, for taking much-needed breaks from caring for him.
- I seemed always to be berating myself for visiting with friends and spending a Sunday afternoon talking.
- Just occasionally the tensions spilled over, such as when she berated Moira publicly about the way she was feeding her first child.
- She took a shaky step back, mentally berating herself for continuing to react to him in this inexplicable fashion.
- Still, she was able to berate Patsy and Betsy for giggling.
► reprimand formal to tell someone that they have done something wrong or illegal and are being punished for it – used especially in official contexts: · The police officers were officially reprimanded for their behaviour.· The Swiss authorities severely reprimanded the banks for accepting $660 million from the former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha.· Debra remembered as a very young child being reprimanded by her father. ► scold formal if a parent, teacher, or other adult scolds a child, they talk to them angrily because they have done something wrong. Scold sounds rather formal and old-fashioned. In everyday English people usually say tell somebody off: · I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father. ► tell somebody off to talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Tell somebody off is more common in British English than American English: · Dad told me off for getting home late. ► give somebody a talking-to informal to talk angrily to a child because they have done something wrong: · The boy was given a good talking-to and sent home. ► lecture to talk angrily to someone for a long time about something they have done wrong, especially in a way that they think is not necessary or fair: · Stop lecturing me, will you!· He began to lecture her about her duties as a citizen. ► rebuke formal to tell someone that they should not have done something: · She rebuked him for being late.· Sheerman rebuked his colleague for suggesting that he was too stupid to understand what he was saying. ► reproach formal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done. Reproach sounds much gentler than criticizing someone or reprimanding them: · He felt he had to reproach his friend for his excessive drinking. ► berate formal to publicly criticize someone for a long time, in a way that shows you strongly disapprove of what they have done: · She berated the paper for its 'misleading front-page story.'· Kennedy berated the Eisenhower administration and its vice president Richard Nixon, during the 1960 campaign. formal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong |