Upbraid Definition
To criticize severely.
(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.
- reproach
- rake-over-the-coals
- inveigh against
- clamor against
- decry
- bark at
- rake
- calumniate
- impeach
- execrate
- bring to book
- expostulate
- give-the-lie-to
- controvert
- assail
(obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.
Origin of Upbraid
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Old English upbreiden, from upp (“up") + bregdan (“to draw, twist, weave; the kindred"). Compare Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid"). See up, and braid (transitive).
From Wiktionary
Middle English upbreiden from Old English ūpbrēdan to bring forward as a ground for censure ūp- up- bregdan to turn, lay hold of
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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