1) Address 2) Assail verbally 3) Bawl out 4) Call down 5) Call on the carpet 6) Castigate 7) Castigate verbally 8) Censure severely or angrily 9) Chastise 10) Chew out 11) Chew up 12) Chew up or dress down 13) Chide 14) Criticise 15) Criticize 16) Criticize harshly 17) Dress down 18) French word used in English 1) Assail 2) Castigate 3) Chasten 4) Chastise 5) Chew out 6) Chide 7) Insult 8) Lambaste 9) Rail at 10) Rant at 11) Scold 12) Scream at 13) Tonguelash 14) Yell at 
• (v. t.) To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
Be·rate' (be*rāt') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Berated ; present participle & verbal noun Berating .] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley. 
scold sharply 
to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
[SAT terms] censure severely or angrily