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Today's Word "berate"

To scold severely or angrily on

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berate \bih-RAYT\ (transitive verb) - To scold severely or angrily.

"To crawl into her bed, hug her pillow, and berate herself for being a stupid fool. Berate herself and rid herself of the remnants of any lingering wisps of her crazy dreams." -- Brenda Joyce, 'The Finer Things'

 

Berate is from be-, "thoroughly" + rate, "to scold, to chide," from Middle English raten.


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