1. 怒斥；训斥
If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.

1. censure severely or angrily

e.g. 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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