berate
verb
[ bɪˈreɪt ]
• scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
• "she berated herself for being fickle"
Similar:
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproach,
reprove,
admonish,
remonstrate with,
chastise,
chide,
upbraid,
take to task,
pull up,
castigate,
lambast,
read someone the Riot Act,
go on at,
haul over the coals,
criticize,
censure,
tell off,
give someone a talking-to,
give someone a telling-off,
dress down,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
rap,
rap over the knuckles,
slap someone's wrist,
let someone have it,
bawl out,
give someone hell,
come down on,
blow up at,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
tear into,
give someone a caning,
put on the mat,
slap down,
blast,
rag,
keelhaul,
tick off,
have a go at,
monster,
carpet,
give someone a carpeting,
give someone a mouthful,
tear someone off a strip,
tear a strip off someone,
give someone what for,
give someone some stick,
wig,
give someone a wigging,
give someone a row,
row,
chew out,
ream out,
take to the woodshed,
call down,
rate,
give someone a rating,
trim,
reprehend,
objurgate,
bollock,
give someone a bollocking,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
ream someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + rate2.
