Upbraid

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upbraid \Up*braid"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Upbraided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden;
     AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred
     Icel. breg[eth]a to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from,
     change, break off, upbraid. See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]
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     1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to
        reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed
        by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
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              And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.
                                                    14.
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              Vet do not
              Upbraid us our distress.              --Shak.
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     2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
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              Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
              his mighty works were done.           --Matt. xi. 20
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              How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
                                                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --
        with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i.
     To utter upbraidings. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upbraid \Up*braid"\, n.
     The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid."
     --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  upbraid
       v : express criticism towards; "The president reproached the
           general for his irresponsible behavior" [syn: {reproach}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "upbraid":
     admonish, bawl out, berate, bring to book, call to account,
     castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, correct, dress down,
     give a dressing-down, have words with, lash, lecture, objurgate,
     rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile,
     scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down,
     take to task, tell off, tick off, tongue-lash, vituperate