Affront vs Upbraid - What's the difference?

affront | upbraid |

As nouns the difference between affront and upbraid

is that affront is while upbraid is (obsolete) the act of reproaching; contumely.

As a verb upbraid is

to criticize severely.

affront

English

(wikipedia affront)

Verb

(en verb)

To insult intentionally, especially openly.

* Addison

How can anyone imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?

To meet defiantly; to confront.

to affront death

* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 436:

Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted .

(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.

* Holland

All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.

* Shakespeare

That he, as 'twere by accident, may here / Affront Ophelia.

Synonyms

* See also

Noun

(en noun)

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

Such behavior is an affront to society.

(obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.

Synonyms

* See also

upbraid

English

Noun

(-)

(obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.

* (rfdate),

Foul upbraid .

Verb

(en verb)

To criticize severely.

* Matthew 11:20 ,

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.

* (rfdate),

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

(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.

* Mark 16:14 ,

And upbraided them with their unbelief.

* Shakespeare

Yet do not upbraid us our distress.

(obsolete) To treat with contempt.

(Spenser)

(obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.

(Francis Bacon)

(archaic) To utter upbraidings.

To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.

Synonyms

* exprobrate, blame, censure, condemn, reproach