'Berating' definitions:

Definition of 'berating'

(from WordNet)
noun
A severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up]

Definition of 'Berating'

From: GCIDE
  • Berate \Be*rate"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berated; p. pr. & vb. n. Berating.] [See 2nd rate, v. t..] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley. [1913 Webster]

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