Upbraid
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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."
- 1 To criticize severely. transitive
"How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!"
- 2 express criticism towards wordnet
- 3 To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach archaic, transitive
"Yet do not upbraid us our distress."
- 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 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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- 6 To utter upbraidings. archaic, intransitive
- 7 To vomit; retch. Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal
Antonyms
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More examples"My mother-in-law never passes up an opportunity to upbraid me over my decision to go into business for myself."
Etymology
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).