upbraiding
noun
the act or words of a person who upbraids; severe reproof or censure.
self-upbraiding
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a word derived from
upbraiding.
Example Sentences
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It was seldom that Jessup gave way to such passion as had overcome him now, and he had not walked a dozen paces before he regretted it with considerable self-upbraiding.
From Norston's Rest by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
It was about this time that a letter reached me from Richard Marston, the most extraordinary I had ever read—a mad letter in parts, and wicked—a letter, also, full of penitence and self-upbraiding.
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
She looked back with remorse and self-upbraiding at her past caprices; she turned with distaste from the adulation of her admirers, and had no longer any relish for the amusements of the village.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving
"Oh, wretched man that I am!" he sighed, in the bitterness of a repentant and self-upbraiding spirit.
From The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Is there naught in that long career to save From remorse and self-upbraiding?
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 by Various
