berate

Meaning of berate

verb
  1. scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
    she berated herself for being fickle

mid 16th century: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + rate2.

Information about berate

Hyphenation of berate

be-rate

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • berate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

berate synonyms

Meaning call on the carpet:

rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, scold, chide, remonstrate, lambaste, lambast

Meaning accuse someone of:

reproach

Meaning reprimand (someone):

reprove

Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:

admonish

Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:

chastise

Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:

upbraid

Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:

castigate, bollock

Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:

criticize

Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:

censure

Meaning criticize severely:

rap

Meaning criticize fiercely:

blast

Meaning punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern:

keelhaul

Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:

monster

Meaning reprimand severely:

carpet

Meaning a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, typically worn by judges and barristers in law courts or by people trying to conceal their baldness:

wig

Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:

row

Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:

rate

Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:

trim

Meaning reprimand:

reprehend

Meaning rebuke severely; scold:

objurgate

berate antonyms

Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:

praise

Translation of berate

Anagrams of berate

beater, betear, Eberta, rebate, rebeat

Words that rhyme with berate

rate, Garate, Glucarate, Nazarate, Separate, acetylglutarate, alizarate, aminoglutarate, aminomethylglutarate, amylfumarate, azidomethylglutarate, bicalcarate, bromofumarate, bromoglutarate, bromoketoglutarate, bromostearate, calcarate, carate, chlorofumarate, comparate, coumarate, dibromostearate, dicyanofumarate, diepoxystearate, difluorofumarate, difumarate, dihydroxyfumarate, dihydroxystearate, diiodostearate, dimethylglutarate, disparate, distearate, ditartarate, ecalcarate, eleostearate, epithiostearate, epoxystearate, equiparate, exarate, excalcarate, exhilarate, fluorofumarate, fluoroglutarate, fluorostearate, fumarate, galactarate, glucarate, glutarate, gularate, hexafluoroglutarate

Are you looking more rhymes for berate? Try our rhymes search engine.