All berate synonyms

verb berate

• revile — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
• chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
• upbraid — to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
• rebuke — to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
• reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• blister — A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin.
• chew — When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
• jaw — a swelling wave of water; billow.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• vituperate — to berate or rail (against) abusively; revile
• rate — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
• reprove — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
• scorch — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
• bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
• chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
• rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• call down — to request or invoke
• eat out — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
• tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold