be·rate (bĭ-rāt′)tr.v. be·rat·ed, be·rat·ing, be·rates To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. See Synonyms at .[ + .]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.berate (bɪˈreɪt) vb (tr) to scold harshlyCollins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014be•rate (bɪˈreɪt) v.t. -rat•ed, -rat•ing. to scold; rebuke. [1540–50] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.beratePast participle: beratedGerund: beratingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativeberateberatePresentI berateyou beratehe/she/it berateswe berateyou beratethey beratePreteriteI beratedyou beratedhe/she/it beratedwe beratedyou beratedthey beratedPresent ContinuousI am beratingyou are beratinghe/she/it is beratingwe are beratingyou are beratingthey are beratingPresent PerfectI have beratedyou have beratedhe/she/it has beratedwe have beratedyou have beratedthey have beratedPast ContinuousI was beratingyou were beratinghe/she/it was beratingwe were beratingyou were beratingthey were beratingPast PerfectI had beratedyou had beratedhe/she/it had beratedwe had beratedyou had beratedthey had beratedFutureI will berateyou will beratehe/she/it will beratewe will berateyou will beratethey will berateFuture PerfectI will have beratedyou will have beratedhe/she/it will have beratedwe will have beratedyou will have beratedthey will have beratedFuture ContinuousI will be beratingyou will be beratinghe/she/it will be beratingwe will be beratingyou will be beratingthey will be beratingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been beratingyou have been beratinghe/she/it has been beratingwe have been beratingyou have been beratingthey have been beratingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been beratingyou will have been beratinghe/she/it will have been beratingwe will have been beratingyou will have been beratingthey will have been beratingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been beratingyou had been beratinghe/she/it had been beratingwe had been beratingyou had been beratingthey had been beratingConditionalI would berateyou would beratehe/she/it would beratewe would berateyou would beratethey would beratePast ConditionalI would have beratedyou would have beratedhe/she/it would have beratedwe would have beratedyou would have beratedthey would have beratedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011, The meaning of BERATE is to scold or condemn vehemently and at length. How to use berate in a sentence. Berate and Rate Synonym Discussion of Berate., BERATE definition: 1. to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone: 2. to criticize or speak in an angry…. Learn more..