berate

Women are berated—and berate themselves—for dressing too sexily.

The old-school way of hating rubes asks us to berate them into giving up their identity out of shame and disgust.

A purse can impress and intimidate, bewilder, berate, or amuse.

I'm not saying you should be an aggressive jerk, and berate your friends for thinking negative thoughts.

Rather than berate Mitt for the sin of being rich, he said he wanted a flatter tax so everyone could pay the “Romney rate.”

I overheard him soundly berate a mother who kept her children too much indoors.

Once in port, they began to berate the Genoese for his foolhardy scheme.

He was sure Mildred and Nan would berate him, but he felt as though there were weights on his feet.

Hearing Ed Hall berate a farmer who doubted the practicability of the machine, Steve took him aside and talked to him.

Going to one of them, the one who had declared his intention of joining the union, Jim began to berate him.