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criticize severely or angrily- Nobody likes to work with her. She is always berating her colleagues.
berating = criticizing severely or angrily
- He berates Lourdes for leaving him with a father she knew was irresponsible.Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
- His milky eyes glared at them as he berated whoever was on the phone, in a rattling voice and waving one claw at them to go away.Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies
- Then he relapsed into his usual silence except when he was berating Thomas for being lazy.Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
- Mother berates me about finding a husband every other day,Kathryn Stockett -- The Help
- A loud, berating voice. "What's the matter with you! ... You disgust me, you make me sick, your attitude out there on the field. You make me want to throw up."Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna
- Well, one day—and an ill day it was for that saucy fellow—he sought to berate my father, I standing by.Pyle, Howard -- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
- He berated himself silently.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- She slapped Leo, then berated him in rapid Spanish.Rick Riordan -- The Trials of Apollo
- She argues with Abuela's neighbors, picks fights with waiters, berates the man who sells ice cones on the beach.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- Miri no longer expects anything from her daughter, except to be challenged, berated and humiliated.Judy Blume -- In the Unlikely Event
- " "Don't berate the man, Woodrow," Augustus said.Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
- TITANIA If her whims the wife control, And the man berate her, Take him to the Northern Pole, And her to the Equator!Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust
- She'd brew some decaf, and just like the last time, he'd sit on the couch and listen for hours as she berated herself for being so foolish.Nicholas Sparks -- True Believer
- On the other side of the matrix, an angel is berating a human servant.Susan Ee -- Angelfall
- Ajax was there, however, sitting astride a heavy bay stallion and berating several boys who had cracked a water barrel while unloading a supply cart.Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
- The kid is eating box lunch at the Y. "Sboccato," the butcher said happily, berating Antone, rasping the word from deep in his throat.Don DeLillo -- Underworld
- Regardless of the vindictive threats of the bullets, he went about coaxing, berating, and bedamning.Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
- Thomas had returned to his Guard, and the Council had joined them to berate his decision to give Johan safe passage from the forest.Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
- "There's no reason to get hostile, to berate a poor little plant just for growing when you're the one who planted it.Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach
berates = criticizes severely or angrily
berated = criticized severely or angrily
berating = criticizing
berates = harshly criticizes
berating = criticizing severely or angrily