berating

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

berating
    n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
         gave him" [syn: {berating}, {blowing up}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Berate \Be*rate"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]t"), 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]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "berating":
      abuse, assailing, assault, attack, bitter words, blackening,
      contumely, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing,
      jeremiad, onslaught, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, tirade,
      tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation

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