Upbraiding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Upbraiding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of upbraid.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of upbraid.
More Meanings
- Reproachful; chiding; censorious.
- An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
- (obsolete) An instance of vomiting
Example Sentences
I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher.
The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women
Word Forms
- upbraidings
Synonyms for upbraiding
Depending on context, synonyms include castigation, earful, dressing down.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include castigation, dressing down, earful, exprobrative, objurgatory, reproachable.
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