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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What was there in the appearance of Joseph to soften the self-upbraiding of this stern man?
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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
Pierre was now this vulnerable god; this self-upbraiding sailor; this dreamer of the avenging dream.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
I know you are exaggerating 307 the true state of the case, as we are all prone to do in moments of self-upbraiding.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
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
