Upbraid

[ʌp'breɪd] or [ʌp'bred]

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

(v. t.) To treat with contempt.

(v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.

(v. i.) To utter upbraidings.

(n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Reproach, censure, reprove, blame, rebuke, chide, reprimand, admonish, condemn, stigmatize, scold, twit, taunt, scold at, find fault with, BLOW UP.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:reprove, taunt, reproach, chide

ANT:Commend, praise, eulogize, laud, compliment, applaud

Typist: Melville

Definition

v.t. to charge with something wrong or disgraceful: to reproach: to reprove severely.—v.i. to utter reproaches.—n. Upbraid′ing a charging with something wrong: act of reproaching.—adv. Upbraid′ingly.

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