Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Berate \Be*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berated}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Berating}.]
   To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.

Source : WordNet®

berate
     v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
         for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
         Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
         for bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
          {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
          {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {bawl out},
          {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste},
          {lambast}]