berated

[bih-rey-tid] / bɪˈreɪ tɪd /

VERB

criticize hatefully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

castigate chide rebuke reprimand reproach revile scold upbraid

STRONG

blister censure chew jaw rate reprove scorch vituperate

WEAK

bawl out call down chew out cuss out eat out give one hell give what for jump all over rail at rake over the coals tell off tongue-lash

Antonyms

STRONGEST

compliment flatter laud praise

WEAK

hail

Example Sentences

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Earlier this month he berated Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over it during an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, saying she was “giving radicals a new tool to shut out the public.”

From Seattle Times

But he berated television again for failing America’s children and politics, sounding every inch the war horse of old.

From New York Times

“He went totally nuts; he screamed at us,” Tatel recalled of being berated with his German shepherd, Vixen.

From Washington Post

Today the company is being cheered by the left for standing up to DeSantis’ bullying, but it was only last year that it was berated for its response to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

From Seattle Times

At one point during the pandemic, he publicly berated students to take off their masks as they served as his human backdrop.

From Washington Post