Noun berating has 1 sense
  1. berating, blowing up - a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
    --1 is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
,Verb berate has 1 sense
  1. call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
    --1 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot berate Sue
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