berated

[ bih-rey-tid ]

adjective

1. scolded or rebuked; criticized:

   I get to my workplace all summer long using the city’s much berated public transportation system.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of criticize ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of berated¹

berate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Women are berated—and berate themselves—for dressing too sexily.

From The Daily Beast

In the empty trattoria, he berated the waiter for bringing the wrong decanter and wine glasses.

From The Daily Beast

But while the congressmen squabbled amongst themselves and berated the witnesses, this all felt like prelude.

From The Daily Beast

But then she berated the show for not having him in the first episode.

From The Daily Beast

I called her “Hippo Girl,” and as I berated her I felt negative attention shift from me to her.

From The Daily Beast

So the name of a street has become the much-berated canteen of the sutler and the much needed canteen of the soldier.

From Project Gutenberg

Weary and exasperated from her day among the jostling shoppers, she berated David in loud and angry voice.

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She berated Raleigh before her ladies, and forbade him to come to court.

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The policeman was a friend of Bridget's, and she berated the "durty varmints," who ruined her week's washing.

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His voice rang out in the masterful way she had so often berated to Julie.

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Related Words

• castigate
• chide
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• revile
• scold
• upbraid