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Definition of Berating
1. Noun. A severe rebuke. "He deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
Definition of Berating
1. Verb. (present participle of berate) ¹
2. Noun. A scolding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Berating
1. berate [v] - See also: berate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Berating
Literary usage of Berating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1918)
"berating and striking at each other. Billie was only a wee infant in arms when
his two older brothers were rescued from like conditions. ..."
2. The Baptist Quarterly by Baptist Historical Society (1870)
"It wonderfully relieves our sympathy of its burden when berating takes the place
... At least, still to retain a claim upon our sympathy, the berating must ..."