upbraid
verb (used with object)
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
have upbraided
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present perfectof upbraid.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Black writers and intellectuals have upbraided Tarantino for warping black history and offending with caricature and epithet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2015
I would have upbraided him, but his tortured face and hacking cough made me relent.
From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross
It would have been almost better for her that he should have upbraided her for her wickedness.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
She laughed a little, realizing how he would have upbraided the futility of tears had she shed them—he was always so ready with his staid, kind, undeniably reasonable rebukes.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree
Vehemently and almost tragically you complain that I have upbraided you with your blindness.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson
