Word: berates

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berates definition

scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, chide, criticize, upbraid, take to task, read someone the riot act, haul over the coals, castigate, tell off, give someone a talking-to, give someone what for, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a tongue-lashing, rap over the knuckles, bawl out, come down on, tear into, blast, ream (out), chew out, zing, take to the woodshed, call down, rate, reprehend, lambaste, lambast, jaw, rag, remonstrate, chew up, have words, trounce, lecture, reproof