Synonyms for berating
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Noun
1. Chiding
chiding, scolding, browbeating, jawing, lecture, vituperation, objurgation, sermon, rixation dated, correption dated
Other
blowing up informal, chockling UK, dirdum UK, throughgoing UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A scolding.
Forms
- Plural
- beratings → chidings, scoldings, browbeatings, jawings…
Example sentences
- scolding I didn't feel like scolding her for being late.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| berating | rising | |
| scolding | rising | |
| chiding | rising | |
| jawing | rising | |
| browbeating | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sermon2, jawing, dirdum
- 7 letters
- lecture2, chiding2
- 8 letters
- scolding2, rixation
- 9 letters
- chockling
- 10 letters
- correption
- 11 letters
- browbeating, objurgation
- 12 letters
- vituperation, throughgoing
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sermon2 = 2 syllables).