Be·rate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berated; p. pr. & vb. n. Berating.]  To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.  --Holland.  --Motley.
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  berating
       n : a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
           gave him" [syn: blowing up]