upbraiding
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of upbraiding
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at upbraid, -ing 1, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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Upbraiding ill-beseems your bounteous mind: I do you honour for advancing me.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Upbraiding was at an end; and gratitude, and tenderness, and implicit acquiescence in any scheme which my prudence should suggest, succeeded.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
Upbraiding senators, bewitch'd with wit, That term true justice innovation; You ministers of Sylla's mad conceits, Will consuls, think you, stoop to your controls?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Upbraiding the fugitives for their conduct in flying from the field, these peasants succeeded in rallying them.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
Upbraiding folks for obeying the laws of nature is the greatest loss of wind possible.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
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