Definitions for berates

berates be·rate

Spelling: [bih-reyt]
IPA: /bɪˈreɪt/

Berates is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in berates (abeerst).

Definitions for berates

verb (used with object)

  1. to scold; rebuke:

Origin of berates

First recorded in 1540-50; be- + rate2

Examples for berates

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Word Value for berates
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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