Verb

(begrudg)

To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.

To be reluctant

To give reluctantly.

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Verb

(berat)

To chide or scold vehemently.

* 1896 , , Seats Of The Mighty , ch. 13:

Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.

* 1914 , , The Gods of Mars , ch. 21:

A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.

* 1917 , , Jerry of the Islands , ch. 14:

Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.

* 2008 , Alex Perry, " The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time , 27 Nov.:

During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.

* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]

France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.