different between berate vs beration

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

Etymology

berate +? -ation, as if it were a Latinate verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

beration (uncountable)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Beratement: the act of berating.
   • 1983, Lynsey Stevens, Forbidden Wine,^[1] Harlequin Books, ?ISBN, page 8:

     However, this self-beration had little effect on her eyes as, with a will of their own, they touched on the curve of his lips.

   • 1992 February 12, Lisa J. Gilmore, "Re: Oh, you sweet thing", in bit.listserv.words-l, Usenet:

     Seems that there are two Lisa's out there... Lisa 1, Please acknowledge. This is Lisa G. We'll have to keep ourselves straight. I'm not involved in the beration or phone sex thing.

   • 1999, Farid Esack, On Being a Muslim: Finding a Religious Path in the World Today,^[2] Oneworld, ?ISBN, page 53:

     There are a few things that I have always found helpful when I am reflecting upon where I am, without it degenerating into a futile exercise in narcissistic navel-gazing or self-beration.

   • 2000 November 14, "Al" (username), "Re: first concert [ot] but who cares", in alt.music.savage-garden, Usenet:

     now before the mass beration for slating a religion could I just say, 'who the f...'s Jesus?'

   • 2009, Jacques Khalip, Anonymous Life: Romanticism and Dispossession,^[3][4] Stanford University Press, ?ISBN, page 163:

     Writing in a post-Waterloo culture that repudiated the trappings of usurping authority and revolutionary time, Austen depicts Sir Walter as the perfect example of a subject born out of ressentiment, affectively retreading the ground of the past with an impotent self-beration that props up his calcified sense of prestige.

   • 2009 January 31, "ldnayman" (username), "Re: serial killers pinball", in rec.games.pinball, Usenet:

     See..my constant beration has paid off!

Related terms

• berate, beratement

Anagrams

• abrotine, baritone, borinate, obtainer, reobtain, taborine