beschimpfen — meaning in English

English meaning

• abuse noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
• berate verb To scold someone harshly and at length.
• heckle verb To interrupt a speaker or performer with mocking comments or aggressive questions.
• lambaste verb To criticize someone very strongly and angrily.
• revile verb To criticise someone harshly with insulting words.
• scold verb To criticize someone sharply, usually for doing something wrong.
• vituperate verb To scold someone very harshly, often with insults.

Senses

beschimpfen is used for these senses in English:

• abuse (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]
• abuse (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.]
• berate (transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.
• heckle (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.
• lambaste To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
• revile (ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
• scold (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
• vituperate To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.

abuse — full definition

1. noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
2. noun The wrong or harmful use of something, such as power, drugs, or a position of trust.
3. verb To treat someone cruelly or violently.
4. verb To use something improperly or excessively, especially drugs or alcohol.

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