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Meanings of
berate
in English
Portuguese
condenar
Catalan
renyar
Spanish
reprender a gritos
Back to the meaning
Censure severely or angrily.
jaw
rag
rebuke
scold
reproof
reprimand
remonstrate
chide
trounce
lambaste
Portuguese
condenar
To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to another person.
lecture
harangue
admonish
heckle
Synonyms
Examples for "
lecture
"
lecture
harangue
admonish
heckle
Examples for "
lecture
"
1
Alexander's
lecture
will call for reform in Europe, not exit from Europe.
2
To be honest: An unheard voice in education:I
lecture
in higher education.
3
Professor Pumfrey's
lecture
will examine current concerns, promising practices and future trends.
4
And the final
lecture
reduces Thoreau's text to letters and silences, beginning:
5
The Soviet meets in the small
lecture
theatre of the old Polytechnic.
1
The devil in the centre shouted a fierce
harangue
into the air.
2
He stood in the doorway and delivered a
harangue
:
You'll be sorry.
3
Jo flung herself back impatiently in the chair, and began an
harangue
.
4
The major had prepared a long and eulogistic
harangue
for the occasion.
5
Everybody laughed; but her joke pricked me to shame of my
harangue
.
1
In all his life, I never had to
admonish
my son once.
2
Sir, I
admonish
the people against the object of outcries like these.
3
He quickly returned to the article before Clare could
admonish
him again.
4
Naughty boys pelted him with rocks, and I thought to
admonish
them.
5
Confucius replied: Faithfully
admonish
your friend, and kindly try to lead him.
1
But I take Parry's point about empowered audiences: theatre crowds seldom
heckle
.
2
Canvassing is intense, whether by way of measured contribution or
heckle
.
3
I responded as I might to any other pointed
heckle
and carried on.
4
The Kiwis can sail, the Brits can
heckle
,
but the Americans?
5
They take to the streets with gusto and
heckle
politicians at public meetings.
Usage of
berate
in English
1
Mickelson's fellow players did not exactly wait in line to
berate
him.
2
Pretend
-
berate
people in public to see how your game is holding up.
3
Both images continued to yell at and
berate
him, moving closer still.
4
Brother started forward, stalking the king as Erius continued to
berate
Tobin.
5
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or
berate
yourself either.
6
Part of me wants to jump on any excuse to
berate
Sid.
7
He found Haven agitated and probably worried that Bolitho would
berate
him.
8
But next time you see someone with helium balloons, don't
berate
them.
9
You were about to
berate
me, before I knocked you off balance.
10
He could
berate
a subordinate without repercussions, but not the grand moff.
11
You can't just go
berate
a member of the Parliament of Strife!
12
Dyckman was a spent and bankrupt object, and anybody could
berate
him.
13
She had let a line worker
berate
a CEO to his face.
14
We chuck a U-turn and
berate
her about her sex life again!
15
It's foolish to
berate
such a man in front of pressed landsmen.
16
Did he silently
berate
himself for allowing himself to be in that situation?
Other examples for "berate"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
berate
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
berate people
berate a ceo
berate another man
berate benefits
berate black
More collocations
Translations for
berate
Portuguese
condenar
repreender
reprimir
reprovar
repreensão
incriminar
censurar
Catalan
renyar
reprendre
Spanish
reprender a gritos
reprender
reconvenir
dar una paliza
reprochar
regañar
rechazar
amonestar
llamar la atención
tener unas palabras
poner verde
vociferar
discutir
echar una reprimenda
criticar
increpar
censurar
Berate
through the time
Berate
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common