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berating

adjective as in faultfinding

noun as in admonition

Strongest matches

noun as in scolding

noun as in tongue-lashing

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Example Sentences

Then, without berating yourself, redirect your attention back to your practice.

Caught drinking and driving, the district attorney had begun berating her arresting officers.

She was caught on tape drunkenly berating law enforcement after being pulled over and taken in for drunk driving.

Towards end of the event, a middle-aged woman stepped up to the microphone and began berating Sánchez with pointed questions.

Today, three years later, the old gentleman is berating his friend because the silk hat was lost.

Berating myself: had her affection been other than that of a life-long friendship she would not have come an inch.

The archduke proceeded to the Town Hall, and after berating the city officials listened to the speeches of welcome.

Here Fitz-Roy flew into a passion, berating the volunteer naturalist, and suggested a taste of the rope's end in lieu of logic.

When Varina was left behind, we fell to berating the tortuous river again.

Draj Khan, who was managing the line of beaters, was berating his comrades vehemently.

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On this page you'll find 312 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to berating, such as: carping, captious, caviling, censorious, niggling, and querulous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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