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berate
Synonyms and Antonyms of berate
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove
abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate
lay into, read the riot act (to), take to task
Synonym Discussion of berate
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- angrily scolding the children
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- upbraided her assistants for poor research
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- berated continually by an overbearing boss
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- railed loudly at their insolence
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- an alleged killer reviled in the press
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- was vituperated for betraying his friends
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