upbraid
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upbraid
- /ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English upbreiden, from Old English upbreġdan, 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 upbraids · upbraiding · upbraided
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To criticize severely.
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
Similar: exprobrate, blame, censure, condemn, reproach, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, clobber, cannonade
- To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach Yet do not upbraid us our distress.
- To treat with contempt. There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd.
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To object or urge as a matter of reproach
Those that have been bred together, are more apt to envy their equals when raised: for it doth upbraid unto them their own fortunes, and pointeth at them.
Similar: cast up
- To utter upbraidings.
- To vomit; retch.
noun
- The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain. He was ymet; who with uncomely Shame Gan him salute, and foul upbraid with faulty Blame.
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Talk about this word "upbraid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/upbraid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. upbraid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/upbraid "upbraid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/upbraid.Cite this
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title = {upbraid},
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