upbraid

[ uhp-breyd ]

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verb (used with object)

to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
(of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to.

verb (used without object)

Archaic. to utter reproaches.

Origin of upbraid

before 1000; Middle English; Old English upbrēdan to adduce as a fault. See up-, braid

synonym study For upbraid

1. See reprimand.

Other words for upbraid

1	reprove, blame

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Other words from upbraid

up·braid·er, noun
un·up·braid·ed, adjective

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How to use upbraid in a sentence

In a bad way, by the people who worked in the restaurants who upbraided her for being the reason their dining rooms emptied out during what was supposed to be the dinner rush.
Pandemic TV hero Lorraine Bracco on why ‘The Sopranos’ was a quarantine hit and that house in Sicily she bought for a buck | Jessica M. Goldstein | April 23, 2021 | Washington Post
After the item appeared, Tim called her to angrily upbraid her for airing dirty laundry.
Hollywood's Liberal Heartbreak | Lloyd Grove | January 3, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
Animated by the subject, we talked a little too loud, and the sentinels began to upbraid us.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio Pellico
Shall we upbraid women with folly, when it is only the error of this inhuman custom that hindered them being made wiser?
An Essay upon Projects | Daniel Defoe

Nor upbraid thou me upon the meditated breach of vows so repeatedly made.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
If you still continue to upbraid me, I shall be obliged to retaliate on you, and cry, Whig vous mme.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) | John Hill Burton

British Dictionary definitions for upbraid

upbraid

/ (ʌpˈbreɪd) /

verb(tr)

to reprove or reproach angrily
to find fault with

Origin of upbraid

Old English upbregdan; related to Danish bebreide; see up, braid

Derived forms of upbraid

upbraider, noun
upbraiding, noun
upbraidingly, adverb

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