Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to berate
Participle: berated
Gerund: berating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | berate |
| you | berate |
| he;she;it | berates |
| we | berate |
| you | berate |
| they | berate |
Perfect
| I | have berated |
| you | have berated |
| he;she;it | has berated |
| we | have berated |
| you | have berated |
| they | have berated |
Past
| I | berated |
| you | berated |
| he;she;it | berated |
| we | berated |
| you | berated |
| they | berated |
Pluperfect
| I | had berated |
| you | had berated |
| he;she;it | had berated |
| we | had berated |
| you | had berated |
| they | had berated |
Future
| I | will berate |
| you | will berate |
| he;she;it | will berate |
| we | will berate |
| you | will berate |
| they | will berate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have berated |
| you | will have berated |
| he;she;it | will have berated |
| we | will have berated |
| you | will have berated |
| they | will have berated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | berate |
| you | berate |
| he;she;it | berate |
| we | berate |
| you | berate |
| they | berate |
Perfect
| I | have berated |
| you | have berated |
| he;she;it | have berated |
| we | have berated |
| you | have berated |
| they | have berated |
Imperfect
| I | berated |
| you | berated |
| he;she;it | berated |
| we | berated |
| you | berated |
| they | berated |
Pluperfect
| I | had berated |
| you | had berated |
| he;she;it | had berated |
| we | had berated |
| you | had berated |
| they | had berated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would berate |
| you | would berate |
| he;she;it | would berate |
| we | would berate |
| you | would berate |
| they | would berate |
Perfect
| I | would have berated |
| you | would have berated |
| he;she;it | would have berated |
| we | would have berated |
| you | would have berated |
| they | would have berated |
Imperative
| you | berate |
| we | Let's berate |
| you | berate |
Verbs conjugated like 'berate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'berate'
aerate,
behate,
belate,
derate,
rerate,
aberrate,
aeriate,
bate,
beat,
beath,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1548, from be- "thoroughly" + M.E. rate "to scold," from O.Fr. reter "accuse, blame," from L. reputare. "Obsolete except in U.S." [OED 1st ed.].
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
7. Proto-Germanic *bider.
8. Proto-Germanic *bi-
9. Proto-West Germanic *bi-
10. Old English be-
11. Middle English bi-
12. English be-
13. English rate
14. English berate
15. From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”).
Sample Sentences
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What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
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Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness. [1896, Gilbert Parker, chapter 13, in Seats Of The Mighty:]
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A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be. [1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 21, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, pages 327–328:]
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Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse. [1917, Jack London, chapter 14, in Jerry of the Islands:]
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During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice. [2008 November 27, Alex Perry, “The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King”, in Time:]
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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. [2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:]