[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

berate \berate"\ b-er=at", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   berated; p. pr.  vb. n. berating. see 2nd rate, v.
   t..
   to rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --holland. --motley.
   1913 webster
see also:
berated berating rate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

berate
     v : censure severely or angrily; "the mother scolded the child
         for entering a stranger's car"; "the deputy ragged the
         prime minister"; "the customer dressed down the waiter
         for bringing cold soup" syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
          rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
          dress down, call down, scold, chide, bawl out,
          remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste,
          lambast
see also:
call on the carpet rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture 
reprimand jaw dress down call down scold 
chide bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up 
have words lambaste lambast 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "berate":
   abuse, bark at, bawl out, betongue, blacken, castigate, chew out,
   chide, excoriate, execrate, fulminate against, harangue, jaw,
   load with reproaches, objurgate, rag, rail, rail at, rate,
   rave against, revile, scold, thunder against, tongue-lash, upbraid,
   vilify, vituperate, yell at, yelp at

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