berate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to scold or criticize angrily and at length

   The coach berated the players for their careless mistakes.

From be- (intensive) + rate ('to scold, chide'), the latter of uncertain origin, possibly from Old French reter ('to blame, accuse'), from Latin reputāre.

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