as in reprimand
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as in scolding
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
there's no need to berate someone for making a mistake during the first day on the job
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Recent Examples of berating
Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In the clip, filmed before Christina and Josh's July 2024 split, the exes have a mostly one-sided conversation that ends with Josh, 44, berating his wife.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Fox News Digital obtained shocking audio between Cyrus and his estranged wife where the country crooner is heard berating his Australian ex and using profane language.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
The mayor also continued his peculiar behavior of berating the reporters asking the questions.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The owner made headlines earlier this year when he was caught on camera berating a delivery driver for speaking Spanish.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
Those critics have spent several years berating and doubting her—especially following her most notable setback, in 2021, when she was suspended from the Tokyo Olympics.
—Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
Robinson soon found himself at NXT as a hippie character who eventually turned on the audience, berating them over environmental issues.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
The former president defended his call for across-the-board tariffs, while berating his questioner.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
Verb
During a tense car ride filmed before their July 2024 split, the exes have a mostly one-sided conversation that ends with Josh, 44, berating his now-estranged wife.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In the clip, filmed before Christina and Josh's July 2024 split, the exes have a mostly one-sided conversation that ends with Josh, 44, berating his wife.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Fox News Digital obtained shocking audio between Cyrus and his estranged wife where the country crooner is heard berating his Australian ex and using profane language.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
The mayor also continued his peculiar behavior of berating the reporters asking the questions.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The owner made headlines earlier this year when he was caught on camera berating a delivery driver for speaking Spanish.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
Those critics have spent several years berating and doubting her—especially following her most notable setback, in 2021, when she was suspended from the Tokyo Olympics.
—Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
Robinson soon found himself at NXT as a hippie character who eventually turned on the audience, berating them over environmental issues.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
The former president defended his call for across-the-board tariffs, while berating his questioner.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for berating
Noun
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Censure is a formal and public reprimand issued by a legislative body to express disapproval of a member's actions.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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Censure is an official reprimand that can be undertaken by the House and the Senate for their respective members.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Books, Arts & Manners Books A Hero’s Bargain Brian Stewart In an age when heroism is often seen as a relic of a bygone era, the life and death of Alexei Navalny stands as a challenge and a rebuke to progressive nostrums of the day.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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Trump has called for the impeachment of these judges, earning a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The script is by David Koepp (writer of the best Mission: Impossible, the 1996 Brian De Palma iteration), and it’s filled with shimmery red herrings and liberal lashings of phony-baloney techno-spy stuff.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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Sort of like Mary Poppins, but with extra lashings of fragrant Orientalism.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024
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So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
9 July 2024
Verb
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Finally, Assad’s fall has fueled domestic discontent among loyalists to the regime in Tehran, with some calling the loss a strategic blunder and openly criticizing the government on state television.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Dec. 2024
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Shiney-Ajay said Harris should have spent additional time criticizing lawmakers—like Manchin and Congressional Republicans—who limited the administration's climate goals, using it as a chance to emphasize her intent to seek greater climate victories in the future.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Yet some of us in the audience, disgusted by the persistence of Nazism and anti-immigrant invective in the present, may well appreciate the force of McQueen’s rhetoric.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The Palestine Red Crescent Society said four of its ambulances had been surrounded after responding to an Israeli attack in Rafah.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Astringent attack followed by a dense, chewy and edgy mid palate rich with flavors of fudge, chocolate and black cherries; on the finish—toffee, brownies and an explosion of red cherries.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Berating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berating. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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