Definition of berating

"berating" in the noun sense

1. berating, blowing up

a severe rebuke

"he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"

"berating" in the verb sense

1. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

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"

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berating in Scrabble®

The word berating is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters berating:

BERATING
(108)
BERATING
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

bearing, beating, granite, ingrate, tangier, tearing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word berating

BERATING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In berating

BERATING
(108)
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berating in Words With Friends™

The word berating is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters berating:

BEATING
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEARING
(104 = 69 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

bearing, beating, granite, ingrate, tangier, tearing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word berating

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In berating

BEATING
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BEARING
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BEATING
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BERATING
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Word Growth involving berating

Shorter words in berating

be

era

at rat rating

in tin ting rating

Longer words containing berating

discomboberating

exuberating

liberating deliberating overdeliberating

liberating deliberating redeliberating predeliberating

liberating deliberating undeliberating undeliberatingly

liberating liberatingly undeliberatingly

liberating liberatingness

liberating reliberating

protuberating

verberating reverberating unreverberating

verberating transverberating