During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.
If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong. Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. = chide, rebuke. to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong (rate (14-20 centuries))
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"