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berating

[bih-ray-ting] / bɪˈreɪ tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
faultfinding
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NOUN
admonition
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"I started to feel guilty and started berating myself internally for it all."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Top of Wooden’s list was an insistence that Close could succeed without berating players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Porter slightly rebounded after a dip in polling in the fall after videos emerged of her berating an aide and a reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

The Australian skipper removed him for a 13th time in Tests, more than any other bowler, with a furious Root berating himself after prodding at a full delivery and feathering to Carey.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Ahead, in front and to the left of us, is a man berating a mule.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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