berate English
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.
Synonyms
* See also
Related terms
* beration
Anagrams
*
----
|
denounce English
Verb
( denounc)
(obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
*, II.35:
- Nero .
*
To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
- to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
* 2013 May 23, (Sarah Lyall), " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party ," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- to denounce a confederate in crime
- to denounce someone to the authorities
(obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- to denounce''' war; to '''denounce punishment
To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
Synonyms
* attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, report
Related terms
* denunciate
Derived terms
* denouncement
* denouncer
Related terms
(terms related to denounce)
* denunciate
* denunciation
* denunciative
* denunciator
* denunciatory
See also
* announce
* enounce
* pronounce
* renounce
References
*
*
Anagrams
*
|
