What does berate mean?
Berate means (transitive) To chide or scold vehemently..
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/bɪˈɹeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently..
What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.
A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.
Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.
During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.
France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.
Use berate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Berate means (transitive) To chide or scold vehemently..
Common synonyms include rebuke, reprimand, chide, scold.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
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