Upbraid Definition

ŭp-brād
upbraided, upbraiding, upbraids
verb
upbraided, upbraiding, upbraids
To rebuke severely or bitterly; censure sharply.
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To criticize severely.

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(archaic) 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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(archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
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(UK dialectal, Northern England) To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.

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(obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.

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Origin of Upbraid

  • Old English upbreiden, from upp (“up") + bregdan (“to draw, twist, weave; the kindred"). Compare Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid"). See up, and braid (transitive).

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  • Middle English upbreiden from Old English ūpbrēdan to bring forward as a ground for censure ūp- up- bregdan to turn, lay hold of

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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