different between berate vs berated

English

Etymology

be- +? rate (“to scold, upbraid”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)

1. (transitive) to chide or scold vehemently
   • 1896, Gilbert Parker, Seats Of The Mighty, ch. 13:

     Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.

   • 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands, ch. 14:

     Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.

   • 2008, Alex Perry, "The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time, 27 Nov.:

     During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.

   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]

     France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Related terms

• beration

Translations

Anagrams

• Bartee, beater, betear, erbate, rebate, rebeat

German

Verb

berate

1. inflection of beraten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

English

Verb

berated

1. simple past tense and past participle of berate

Anagrams

• betread, debater, rebated, tabered