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Definition of berate:

  • (verb) censure severely or angrily | to criticize harshly

Sentence Examples:

The landlord beat them and berated them, but they were done with the idol.

Cried Betty, forgetting that a few moments before she had berated him for his insistence.

Both of them turned red faces to the car and berated the driver.

"Want to berate us, I suppose, for getting you into this fix."

Oh, I'll soothe my nerves with a cigar, and berate myself on the porch!

Once in a while he'd stop short and berate the chairs.

To-day I am berated by the lady who is offended with the manner of my doctrine.

One way to flatter some women is to berate those whom they despise or fear.

Is this the source of your inspiration when you berate your betters?

Those who berated him most were, very naturally, the ones he had most benefited.

With the license of old acquaintance, Brent went on with his berating.

Julian told me so this summer and Lucian berated him for 'showing his hand.'

Father, you have always berated, abused and condemned shows and show people.

Then she began to berate herself for having so easily been satisfied about her escort.

The woman berated him roughly for his stupidity while he attempted to explain.

He continued to berate the chief.

The younger woman, too, started in to berate him, but Dave remained calm.

Catching the child, he berated it and boxed its ears soundly.

He had hated the man ever since he heard him berating the old bath steward one morning.

On one occasion, early in his public career, he was berated by a bully in the streets.

He was in no pleasant frame of mind, and was furiously berating the teamster.

I saw him berating them and trying to shame them into joining their regiments.

She berated Raleigh before her ladies, and forbade him to come to court.

In short, those girls read us a dreadful lecture; they berated us hot and heavy.

I was berating myself for having revealed the true size of my business.

He berated Phil for the stand taken, and stated that he would pay back nothing.

Aunt Maria spent most of her time berating the "government."

One often hears one berating her own offspring, as "child of a dog."

He shook his rifle in the air as he berated the fearless youth.

Whenever I heard their cries, I knew my neighbor was being berated.

Here he violently berated him as a traitor, and struck at him a furious blow.

Stupid not to have thought of them at once, he berated himself.

James (who had often been berated for reckless driving).

On his way back to work Burke berated himself soundly.

He severely berates Wordsworth and Coleridge for having supported it.

She berated the recipient.

Again he was berating himself for bothering his mind over trivial things.

The animal berated himself soundly for having done such a silly trick.

He found the great editor at work in the Tribune office, and began berating him.

She gave me a severe lecture, and berated me soundly.

We berate our neighbors soundly, but excuse ourselves.

Smith was berated generally for failing to complete his attack of June 15th.

"I don't see why you assume a poor old uncle," I said, "when you know how he berates her."

It was a novel sensation, to find herself publicly berated, but the shaft sank deep.

Using the radio he screamed at officers, berating them when they answered.

A main point, though, was that nobody berated him to his face; nobody would dare.

And the cruel goddess Fortune is berated only occasionally.

Inwardly he berated himself for not taking Peggy's advice.

Berating him for stupidity, his master sent him back to the kitchen.

Two men were soundly berating the woman for having admitted a stranger to the house.

We berated ourselves soundly, at each of our secret conferences, and kept on doing it.

And they began to berate Robin and beat him for they were afraid themselves.

Donovan came to, and berated her husband furiously.

When I found my tongue I rewarded him by berating him soundly.

In an ugly temper, Captain Carter berated the men for being slow.

Well, the damage was done; berating his folly would not wipe it off the slate.

Chesterton berates the contemporary press for failing to give us the thrill of reality.

And I found the gentleman berating Roger by the fire.

It seems not to have been a crime openly to berate their chief.

At the height of her voice she began berating all the world, and one absent person.

He reproached the crowd, he berated them, he handled them fiercely.

The two men were alternately arguing and berating each other and threatening the mules.

He likes to advise and berate, but at long range.

Next, he berates his rival for furnishing the Indians with rum.

The minister, out of patience, replied by berating him without mercy.

At this the woman started to berate him again and he to whistling.

"I am like to be berated by her ladyship for returning without it."

Indeed, it was this fault of ours that Serge kept pointing out to me and berating us for.

First they were berating the minister of Justice for too large a practice at the Bar.