ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.
  2. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
  3. (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

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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