berating meaning

Definition of berating

1. a severe rebuke
   • he deserved the berating that the coach gave him

   Synonyms: blowing up

   Type of: rebuke

berating in a sentence

• Stop berating him, he didn't do it on purpose.
• Boldi immediately started berating Martha.
• Ziri ran out of the restaurant and started berating Rima in the middle of the street.

How to pronounce berating

berating is pronounced /bɪˈreɪtɪŋ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with berating

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• mating
• grating
• weighting
• dating
• baiting
• elating
• plating
• skating
• slating
• equating
• updating
• annotating
• overrating