Dictionary Definition
berating n : a severe rebuke; "he deserved the
berating that the coach gave him" [syn: blowing
up]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
berating- present participle of berate
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abuse,
assailing, assault, attack, bitter words, blackening, contumely, diatribe, execration, hard words,
invective, jawing, jeremiad, onslaught, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation