Berating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Berate \Be*rate"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Berated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berating}.] [See 2nd {rate}, v.
     t..]
     To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  berating
       n : a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
           gave him" [syn: {blowing up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "berating":
     abuse, assailing, assault, attack, bitter words, blackening,
     contumely, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing,
     jeremiad, onslaught, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, tirade,
     tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation