My mother-in-law never passes up an opportunity to upbraid me over my decision to go into business for myself.
Source: tatoeba (3547499)
Upbraid
//ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd//
Synonyms for "upbraid" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
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Translations
26 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀνειδίζω verb (to reprove)
Bulgarian
3 entries- порицавам verb (to criticise)
- укорявам verb (to criticise)
- упреквам verb (to reprove)
Dutch
1 entries- vermanen verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
Finnish
2 entries- soimata verb (to criticise)
- sättiä verb (to criticise)
French
4 entries- gronder verb (to reprove)
- reprendre verb (to reprove)
- reprocher verb (to reprove)
- réprimander verb (to reprove)
Latin
1 entries- opprobrō verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
Māori
1 entries- toheriri verb (to criticise)
Polish
3 entries- skarcenie noun (The act of reproaching)
- karcić verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
- skarcić verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
Portuguese
2 entries- reprovar verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
- reprovar verb (to reprove)
Russian
4 entries- уко́р noun (The act of reproaching)
- укори́зна noun (The act of reproaching)
- порицать verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
- укоря́ть verb (to charge with something wrong or disgraceful)
Ukrainian
2 entries- докоряти verb (to criticise)
- дорікати verb (to criticise)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Whom then did I upbraid not, wild with woe, / of gods or men? What sadder sight elsewhere / had Troy, now whelmed in utter wreck, to show?
Source: tatoeba (6882475)
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
Source: wiktionary
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
Source: wiktionary
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