Definizione monolingua

berate

berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)

1. (transitive) To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate.
   • 1896, Gilbert Parker, Seats Of The Mighty, ch. 13:

     Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.

   • 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars, ch. 21:

     A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.

   • 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands, ch. 14:

     Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.

   • 2008, Alex Perry, ""The Man Who Would Be (Congos) King,"" Time, 27 Nov.:

     During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.

   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]

     France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.

Definizione dizionario berate

avvertire

censurare

criticare

rimproverare

riprendere

Altri significati:

To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to another person.

chide vehemently

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate.