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upbraid | unupbraided |

As a noun upbraid

is (obsolete) the act of reproaching; contumely.

As a verb upbraid

is to criticize severely.

As an adjective unupbraided is

not having been upbraided.

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

    unupbraided

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not having been upbraided.