berate

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(be-rate) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to scold or criticize someone angrily.

Example Sentence

Ms. Alanso told the older students not to berate the younger ones.

More Example Sentences

He felt sad after being berated by her.

Synonyms

rebuke; scold; reprimand

Antonyms

praise; commend; compliment

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Rhymes

  • ate
  • aydt
  • bait
  • bate
  • beit
  • cate
  • chait
  • crate
  • date
  • eight
  • fait
  • fate
  • feight
  • fete
  • frate
  • freight
  • gait
  • gate
  • grate
  • great
  • haight
  • hait
  • hate
  • kate
  • late
  • leight
  • mate
  • nate
  • pait
  • pate
  • plait
  • plate
  • prate
  • rait
  • raitt
  • rate
  • sate
  • skate
  • slate
  • spate
  • speight
  • state
  • straight
  • strait
  • strate
  • streight
  • tait
  • taite
  • taitt
  • tate
  • trait
  • wait
  • waite
  • waitt
  • wayt
  • weight

  • abate
  • await
  • belate
  • berate
  • collate
  • conflate
  • create
  • debate
  • deflate
  • dictate
  • dilate
  • elate
  • equate
  • est
  • estate
  • gestate
  • inflate
  • innate
  • irate
  • iwate
  • kuwait
  • lightweight
  • m-8
  • mccreight
  • mcfate
  • misstate
  • negate
  • oblate
  • ornate
  • postdate
  • predate
  • prorate
  • reflate
  • relate
  • restate
  • sedate
  • sumgait
  • translate
  • tri-state
  • update
  • upstate

  • conjugate
  • desecrate
  • disinflate
  • interstate
  • intrastate
  • multistate
  • overrate
  • overweight
  • procreate
  • reinstate
  • silverplate
  • solid-state
  • telerate
  • underrate

  • demodulate
  • interrelate
  • recriminate
  • remunerate