0 present participle of berate --
1 to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone: --
Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news.
As he left the meeting, he was berated by angry demonstrators.
Patches' training regimen includes throwing wrenches at the team, forcing them to dodge oncoming cars, and constantly berating them with insults.
Crashing into the restaurant destroyed it permanently (until the program was reloaded) and displayed an amusingly sarcastic message berating the player.
She is frequently seen waking him up for school, berating him for not following directions, and driving him to various destinations.
This consisted of yelling at and berating the children until they were reduced to tears and acknowledged their failings.
He smokes his way throughout songs, salivating over the audience and musicians while berating them with rich expletives.
He speaks loudly, berating them and enumerating their crimes and thus drawing the attention of the neighbors.
He is frequently seen berating his son and his campaign managers, who are depicted as simpletons.
Supervising sisters were instructed to encourage the women into penance, rather than merely berating them and blocking their escape attempts.
