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Definition upbraid

Etymology

From Middle English upbreiden, from Old English ?pbre?dan, equivalent to up- +‎ braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).

Verb

upbraid (third-person singular simple present upbraids, present participle upbraiding, simple past and past participle upbraided)

1. (transitive) To criticize severely.
2. (transitive, 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.
3. (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
4. (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.
5. (archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
6. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.

Noun

upbraid (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.

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