Scold vs Berate - What's the difference?
scold | berate |
(obsolete) A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
To rebuke.
* 1813 , (Pride and Prejudice) , (Jane Austen)
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To chide or scold vehemently.
* 1896 , , Seats Of The Mighty , ch. 13:
* 1914 , , The Gods of Mars , ch. 21:
* 1917 , , Jerry of the Islands , ch. 14:
* 2008 , Alex Perry, "
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
Berate is a synonym of scold.
As verbs the difference between scold and berate
is that scold is to rebuke while berate is to chide or scold vehemently.As a noun scold
is a person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.scold
English
Alternative forms
* scould (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
Synonyms
* objurgate * rebuke * threap * See alsoAnagrams
* clods, coldsberate
English
Verb
(berat)- Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.
- A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be.
- Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.
The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time , 27 Nov.:
- During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.
- 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.