Related Searches
on Ask.com
berates - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | berate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize hatefully |
| Synonyms: | bawl out*, blister, castigate, censure, chew*, chew out*, chide, jaw*, rake over the coals*, rate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, scorch, tell off, upbraid, vituperate, call down, cuss out, eat out, give one hell, give what for, jump all over, rail at, tongue-lash |
| Antonyms: | compliment, hail, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack with words |
| Synonyms: | backbite, bad-mouth, bash, belittle, berate, calumniate, cap*, castigate, cut down*, decry, defame, derogate, discount, insult, knock*, minimize, nag, offend, oppress, persecute, pick on, put down*, reproach, revile, ride*, run down*, scold, signify, slam*, slap*, smear*, sound*, trash*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, zing*, blow off*, cuss out, cut to the quick, do a number on, dump on, give a black eye, hurl brickbat, rag on, rip up, sling mud, swear at, tear apart |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | acclaim, adulate, approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admonish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn, strongly criticize |
| Synonyms: | advise, berate, call down, call on the carpet, censure, check, chide, come down hard on, counsel, ding*, draw the line*, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a going over, give a piece of one's mind, glue*, growl*, hoist*, jack up, notice, rap on knuckles, rap*, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, sit on, slap on wrist, speak to, talk to, tell a thing or two, tell off*, upbraid, warn |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, commend, compliment, extol, flatter, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, usually with words |
| Synonyms: | abuse, assault, bash, berate, beset, blast, blister, bust, charge, come at, criticize, encounter, impugn, invade, lambaste, lay into*, malign, maltreat, molest, revile, trash*, vilify, have at*, set upon, work over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault verbally |
| Synonyms: | abuse, berate, blame, blitz, censure, criticize, impugn, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, malign, refute, reprove, revile, shoot down*, stretch, vilify |
| Antonyms: | defend, resist, submit, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pummel, thrash |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, berate, blister, clobber, club, drub, lambaste, lash, maul, pelt, revile, scold, trounce, wallop, whip, whomp |
| Main Entry: | castigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | baste, bawl out*, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out*, come down on*, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down*, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out*, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash*, upbraid, whip |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn; criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, attack, backbite, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up*, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, ostracize, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tell off, upbraid, animadvert, asperse, carp at, exprobate, find fault with, get after, look askance, pick apart, pull apart, read out, take to task, tear apart |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, admonish, afflict, berate, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, tame, try, upbraid, call down, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, take to task, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chastise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scold, discipline |
| Synonyms: | baste, beat, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chew out*, correct, flog*, lash*, lay into*, pummel, punish, scourge, spank, thrash, upbraid, whip, climb all over, ferule, lean on, ream, skelp, slap down |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, compliment, encourage, forgive, promote, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, lecture |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, check, condemn, flay, lesson, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, slap on the wrist*, take down*, tell off, upbraid, call down*, call on the carpet, exprobate, find fault, give a hard time, monish, speak to, take down a peg, talk to, tick off* |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dress down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scold |
| Synonyms: | bawl out, berate, carpet, castigate, censure, chew out*, lash, rail, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, tell off*, upbraid, rake over coals, ream, tear into, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excoriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | denounce, criticize |
| Synonyms: | attack, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chastise, condemn, flay, lambaste, lash, rebuke, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, scorch, slash, upbraid, vilify, scathe, tear into |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | fulminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | berate, blow up, bluster, castigate, censure, condemn, curse, declaim, denounce, execrate, explode, fume, intimidate, menace, protest, rage, rail, reprobate, thunder, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, animadvert, denunciate, inveigh against, swear at |
| Antonyms: | compliment, defend, flatter, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | henpeck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag |
| Synonyms: | badger, berate, bother, bug*, bully, carp, fuss, harass, hector, hound, intimidate, irritate, needle, pester, pick on*, ride, scold, torment, give a hard time |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inveigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, denounce |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, blast, castigate, censure, condemn, crack down on, except, expostulate, go after, have at*, jump down one's throat, kick, lambaste, lay into, lay out, let have it, object, protest, rail, read out, recriminate, remonstrate, reproach, rip into, roast, scold, scorch, sound off, tongue-lash, trash*, upbraid, vituperate, work over |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize |
| Synonyms: | abuse, baste, berate, blame, censure, rail, rate, revile, scold, upbraid, vituperate, call on the carpet, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lambaste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish, beat |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, berate, blister, bludgeon, castigate, censure, criticize, cudgel, denounce, excoriate, flay, flog, hammer, hit, pan, pelt, pound, pummel, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reprimand, roast, scold, scorch, scourge, shellac, slam, slap, slash, smear, smother, strike, thrash, trim, upbraid, wallop, whip, lash into, read the riot act, rip into, scathe |
| Antonyms: | praise, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, baste, bawl out*, belabor, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chew out*, flay, fulminate, jaw, lambaste, lampoon, ridicule, satirize, scold, tell off*, upbraid, exprobate, tear into, tongue-lash* |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize lengthily |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, chide, flay, moralize, preach, rate, reprimand, reprove, scold, tell off, exprobate, give going-over, give piece of mind, rank on, sermonize |
| Antonyms: | praise |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
