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upbraiding

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of upbraid

adjective more upbraiding · most upbraiding

  1. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.

noun upbraidings

  1. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke. I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher.
  2. obsolete An instance of vomiting The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women

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@misc{upbraiding_2026,
  title = {upbraiding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upbraiding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}