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Upbraided vs Scold - What's the difference?

upbraided | scold |

As verbs the difference between upbraided and scold

is that upbraided is past tense of upbraid while scold is to rebuke.

As a noun scold is

a person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

upbraided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (upbraid)

    • 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

    scold

    English

    Alternative forms

    * scould (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

    • Related terms

    * scold's bridle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rebuke.
  • * 1813 , (Pride and Prejudice) , (Jane Austen)
    • A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
  • *
    • Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.

    Synonyms

    * objurgate * rebuke * threap * See also

    Anagrams

    * clods, colds