Definitions for berate

berate be·rate

Spelling: [bih-reyt]
IPA: /bɪˈreɪt/

Berate is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in berate (abeert).

Definitions for berate

verb (used with object)

  1. to scold; rebuke:

Origin of berate

First recorded in 1540-50; be- + rate2

Examples for berate

The old-school way of hating rubes asks us to berate them into giving up their identity out of shame and disgust.

She had expected him to berate her for taking him for a spy and he had asked her to marry him.

I'm not saying you should be an aggressive jerk, and berate your friends for thinking negative thoughts.

Dyckman was a spent and bankrupt object, and anybody could berate him.

Women are berated—and berate themselves—for dressing too sexily.

And then, without waiting for the answer, he turned to the shepherd and began to berate him.

One way to flatter some women is to berate those whom they despise or fear.

Even now, they had come forth upon the ramparts to berate her with her sin.

Rather than berate Mitt for the sin of being rich, he said he wanted a flatter tax so everyone could pay the “Romney rate.”

A purse can impress and intimidate, bewilder, berate, or amuse.

Word Value for berate
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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