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• berate — [bē rāt′, birāt′] vt. berated, berating [ BE + RATE2] to scold or rebuke severely SYN. SCOLD …   English World dictionary

• excoriate — /ik skawr ee ayt , skohr /, v.t., excoriated, excoriating. 1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes. 2. to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.… …   Universalium

• excoriate — ex•co•ri•ate [[t]ɪkˈskɔr iˌeɪt, ˈskoʊr [/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to denounce or berate severely: He was excoriated for his mistakes[/ex] 2) to strip off or remove the skin from • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < LL excoriātus, ptp. of… …   From formal English to slang

• scold — n shrew, vixen, termagant, *virago, amazon scold vb Scold, upbraid, rate, berate, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail, revile, vituperate can all mean to reprove, reproach, or censure angrily, harshly, and more or less abusively. Scold,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• give someone hell — (informal) 1 when I found out I gave him hell: REPRIMAND SEVERELY, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, scold, berate, remonstrate with, reprehend …   Useful english dictionary

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• Lambaste — Lam*baste , v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. [Low] Nares. Syn: cane, flog, lambaste. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly. Syn: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scold — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scald, scold, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skāld poet, skald, Icelandic skālda to make scurrilous verse Date: 12th century 1. a. one who scolds habitually or persistently b. a woman who… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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