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upbraiding

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Upbraid  \Up*braid"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Upbraided};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Upbraiding}.]  [OE.  upbreiden  AS  upp  up  +  bregdan  to 
  draw,  twist,  weave,  or  the  kindred  Icel.  breg[eth]a  to  draw, 
  brandish,  braid,  deviate  from  change,  break  off  upbraid. 
  See  {Up},  and  {Braid},  v.  t.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  And  upbraided  them  with  their  unbelief.  --Mark  xvi. 
  14. 
 
  Vet  do  not  Upbraid  us  our  distress.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  reprove  severely;  to  rebuke;  to  chide. 
 
  Then  began  he  to  upbraid  the  cities  wherein  most  of 
  his  mighty  works  were  done  --Matt.  xi  20 
 
  How  much  doth  thy  kindness  upbraid  my  wickedness! 
  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  3.  To  treat  with  contempt.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  4.  To  object  or  urge  as  a  matter  of  reproach;  to  cast  up  -- 
  with  to  before  the  person.  [Obs.]  --Bacon. 
 
  Syn:  To  reproach;  blame;  censure;  condemn. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  upbraiding 
  n  :  a  severe  scolding  [syn:  {castigation},  {earful},  {bawling 
  out},  {chewing  out},  {going-over},  {dressing  down}]




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