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upbraid Definition

up·braid (up brād)

transitive verb

to rebuke severely or bitterly; censure sharply

Etymology: ME upbreiden < OE upbregdan < up-, up- + bregdan, to pull: see braid

upbraid Synonyms

upbraid

v.

upbraid Usage Examples

Object

  • city: You remember He upbraided the cities where most of His mighty miracles were done, Chorazin and Bethsaida.
  • bourgeoisie: What they upbraid the bourgeoisie with is not so much that it creates a proletariat, as that it creates a revolutionary proletariat.
  • man: Lane describes how recently a women's council upbraided the men for plowing sacred land.
  • people: Thou didst chronicle the deeds of the martyrs and upbraid thy people for their sins, O wise Gildas.

Modifying Another Word

not: I have not upbraided him by word or look; I have not even asked him what he has been doing.

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