Usually means: Scolding someone harshly and loudly.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. berating: Merriam-Webster
  2. berating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. berating: Vocabulary.com
  4. Berating, berating: Wordnik
  5. berating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. berating: Wiktionary
  7. Berating, berating: Dictionary.com
  8. berating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Berating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. berating: Rhymezone
  11. Berating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. berating: FreeDictionary.org
  13. berating: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. berating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. berating: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (berating)

▸ noun:  A scolding.

Similar:
blowing up, jawing, flyting, chiding, browbeating, talking-to, scolding, hearing, objurgation, rixation, more...

Opposite:
praising, complimenting, admiring

Types:
scolding, yelling, reprimanding, chastising, upbraiding, more...

Phrases:
berating oneself, more...

Adjectives:
constant, verbal, public, such, unfair, much, traditional, mutual, sharp



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Similar:
blowing up, jawing, flyting, chiding, browbeating, talking-to, scolding, hearing, objurgation, rixation, more...

Opposite:
praising, complimenting, admiring

Types:
scolding, yelling, reprimanding, chastising, upbraiding, more...

Phrases:
berating oneself, more...

Adjectives:
constant, verbal, public, such, unfair, much, traditional, mutual, sharp



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