Upbraiding

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.

    "I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher."

  2. 2
    a severe scolding wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of vomiting obsolete

    "The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of upbraid form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Reproachful; chiding; censorious.

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"I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher."

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