berated
/bɪˈɹeɪtɪd/
berated is the simple past and past participle of berate.
Meaning of berate
Verb
berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)
- To chide or scold vehemently.
- What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
Words that rhyme with berated
- deflated
- inflated
- related
- dated
- weighted
- belated
- frustrated
- gated
- gold-plated
- plated
- postdated
- rated
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- slated
- stated
- truncated
- abated
- dehydrated
- dilated
- grated
- lirated
- outdated
- sated
- serrated
- undated
- antedated
- awaited
- backdated
- baited
- bated
- castrated
- collated
- conflated
- crated
- created
- cremated
- curated
- debated
- donated
- elated
- equated
- estimated
- fated
- fixated
- freighted
- gaited
- hated
- interrelated
- located
- mated
- misdated
- narrated
- negated
- nipple-dilated
- orated
- overdrawn
- overinflated
- overrated
- overstated
- prated
- pulsated
Questions about berated
- What is berated the simple past and past participle of?
- Berated is the simple past and past participle of berate.
- How do you pronounce berated?
- Berated is pronounced /bɪˈɹeɪtɪd/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: berated (page history and authors); berate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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