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berating

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be·rate  (b-rt)
tr.v. be·rat·ed, be·rat·ing, be·rates
To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. See Synonyms at scold.
[be- + rate.]
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Noun1.beratingberating - a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
blowing up
rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"


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Regardless of the vin- dictive threats of the bullets, he went about coaxing, berating, and bedamning.
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Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.
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When he heard his mother spoken of harshly or when he overheard her berating his father, he was frightened and ran away to hide.
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