Words and phrases that have a meaning related to berate: (121 results)
Often used in the same context:
chastise, scold, chide, lambast, lambaste, criticize, admonish, castigate, upbraid, badmouth, excoriate, heckle, harangue, cursing, browbeat, taunt, belittle, embarrass, mutter, moan, yell, deride, complain, humiliate, vilify, ranting, apologize, demean, disparage, grumble, harass, whining, mouthing, hectoring, pilloried, denigrate, shout, reprimanding, ridiculing, remonstrate, coddle, embarass, annoy, accuse, chastize, reproved, prattle, despise, whinge, accost, gesticulate, jeer, badgering, pester, goading, inveigh, declaim, slagging, shush, bemoan, assail, fellate, laud, rebuked, decry, scorning, fumed, cheerlead, crucify, cajole, grovel, bicker, gloat, kvetch, denounce, condescend, demonize, carping, sneering, revile, fulminate, extol, misbehave, jabbered, backbite, poke fun, punish, exhort, mocking, moralize, critiquing, mumble, condemn, mistreat, groused, bawls, tutted, penalize, blabber, blaming, razz, holler
More specific:
brush down, chasten, correct, objurgate, tell off
More general:
criticise, pick apart
Synonyms:
Also try:bawl out, check, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lecture, rag, rebuke, reprimand, reproof
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