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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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  1. 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.
  2. v. t. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
  3. v. t. To treat with contempt.
  4. v. t. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
  5. v. i. To utter upbraidings.
  6. n. The act of reproaching; contumely.
  7. v. express criticism towards
  8. To utter upbraidings. Pope.
  9. v:100 v express criticism towards