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Upbraid

//ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain. obsolete, uncountable

    "He was ymet; who with uncomely Shame Gan him salute, and foul upbraid with faulty Blame."

Verb
  1. 1
    To criticize severely. transitive

    "How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!"

  2. 2
    express criticism towards wordnet
  3. 3
    To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach archaic, transitive

    "Yet do not upbraid us our distress."

  4. 4
    To treat with contempt. obsolete

    "There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd."

  5. 5
    To object or urge as a matter of reproach obsolete

    "Those that have been bred together, are more apt to envy their equals when raised: for it doth upbraid unto them their own fortunes, and pointeth at them."

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  1. 6
    To utter upbraidings. archaic, intransitive
  2. 7
    To vomit; retch. Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).

Etymology 2

From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).

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