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berating   (TTS Sound)

The noun berating has 1 sense

• berating, blowing up -- (a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him")

The verb berate has 1 sense

• call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast -- (censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup")