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®

berating
     n : a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
         gave him" [syn: {blowing up}]