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Antonyms for berating

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈreɪt

Definition of berating

Origin :
  • 1540s, from be- "thoroughly" + Middle English rate "to scold" (late 14c.), from Old French reter "accuse, blame," from Latin reputare (see reputation). "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.], but it seems to have revived in Britain 20c. Related: Berated; berating.
  • verb criticize hatefully
Example sentences :
  • Hagar turned from berating her, and thrust out her chin at Miss Georgie.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • She loves you as I do; she has been berating me for indifference and slackness in the cause.
  • Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
  • I saw him berating them and trying to shame them into joining their regiments.
  • Extract from : « Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete » by Ulysses S. Grant
  • One often hears one berating her own offspring, as "child of a dog."
  • Extract from : « Our Moslem Sisters » by Annie Van Sommer
  • With the license of old acquaintance, Brent went on with his berating.
  • Extract from : « A Pagan of the Hills » by Charles Neville Buck
  • The dog was alternately licking his heels and whining and berating the fox.
  • Extract from : « In the Catskills » by John Burroughs
  • He seemed the typical ranch-boss, whose chief thought is to get the work done, and his berating was entirely impartial.
  • Extract from : « Shoe-Bar Stratton » by Joseph Bushnell Ames
  • But he did not feel quarrelsome at the moment, and there was, after all, nothing very tangible to justify a berating.
  • Extract from : « The Quest of the Silver Fleece » by W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Mullin, the contractor, very red of face and angry of eye, was berating the jeering crowd with the rough side of his tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Lucky Seventh » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Here Fitz-Roy flew into a passion, berating the volunteer naturalist, and suggested a taste of the rope's end in lieu of logic.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 » by Elbert Hubbard

Synonyms for berating

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