upbraid
verb (used with object)
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
is upbraiding
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present progressiveof upbraid (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While Fricka is upbraiding him for his rash promise Freia enters, pursued by the giants, who come to claim their reward.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
Their reconciliation is interrupted by Marcel, who is upbraiding Musette.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Charles Annesley
While Don José is upbraiding Carmen, the faithful Michaela, who has been guided to the spot, begs him to accompany her, as his mother is dying.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
Elsewhere St. Peter's movement suggests that he is upbraiding his fellow, for the argument excites these saints.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
He is upbraiding those who are not to blame.
From The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
