Meaning & use
berating
Scolding someone angrily and at length for something they did wrong.
See it in a sentence
The coach was berating the referee over what he thought was an unfair call.
She stopped berating herself for the mistake once her friends reassured her it was minor.
A note on using this word
Berating implies a harsher, more prolonged scolding than a simple reprimand or correction.
Words with a similar meaning
scoldingreprimanding
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