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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of berated¹

berate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"It's literally every day that I'm getting berated online", he said.

From BBC

During a summit of Arabic and Islamic States on Monday held in Doha, its leaders berated Israel and demanded concrete punitive actions.

From Los Angeles Times

Open champion berated Allensworth at the chair and insulted him while leaning into a microphone to address the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times

Footage shows Charney as a wiry, supercharged figure who frequently berated his staff as “losers” and worse.

From Los Angeles Times

The case began nearly seven years ago, when Tyson Theodore Mayfield, a self-proclaimed skinhead, berated and menaced a pregnant Black woman waiting for her bus on a Fullerton bench, according to prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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