Upbraid

/ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To criticize severely..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To criticize severely.
2. (transitive, archaic, followed by with or for, and formerly of before the object) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
3. (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
4. (obsolete, followed by "to" before the object) To object or urge as a matter of reproach
5. (archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
6. (UK dialectal, Northern England, archaic) To vomit; retch.
7. (obsolete) The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain.

Example Sentences

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour.

Dalio had no qualms about upbraiding a junior employee in front of me and dozens of his colleagues.

Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance upbraided the president of Ukraine in the Oval Office last Friday, then cut off military aid to the U.S. ally.

Yet do not upbraid us our distress.

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd.

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• upbraids
• upbraiding
• upbraided

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