Rated
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹeɪtɪd/
Verb
rated
(past of rate)
Derived terms
Full definition of rated
Adjective
rated
- (now rare) Scolded, rebuked. from 16th c.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:He tooke it up, and thence with him did beare,
As rated Spaniell takes his burden up for feare. - 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:He merely passed by sheepishly with a rated, scowling look.