Thesaurus: upbraid
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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Definitions
- 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.
- v. express criticism towards
- To utter upbraidings. Pope.
- v:100 v express criticism towards