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Word entry · 6 letters

berate

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"Scold severely"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /bɪˈɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abeertStarts with BEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (BERATE).

Definitions

  1. censure severely or angrily

Word origin

From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”).

Used in a sentence

  • What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
  • Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.
  • A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.

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