Home › Words › B › berascalberascalberascal means to accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.EtymologyFrom be- + rascal.verbTo accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.e.g.“She beknaved, berascalled, berogued the unhappy hero, who stood silent, confounded with astonishment, but more with shame and indignation, at being thus outwitted and overreached.” — 1743, Henry Fielding, The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.rascaille 67% match — A rascal. vs berascal →becall 63% match — To accuse. vs berascal →rascaldom 62% match — The state of being a rascal. vs berascal →rascality 61% match — Rascals collectively; the rabble, the masses. vs berascal →rascalship 61% match — rascalry vs berascal →scally 60% match — A rascal or miscreant, a scallywag. vs berascal →rascaless 59% match — A female rascal. vs berascal →rapscallion 58% match — A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel. vs berascal →