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Word: upbraid (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • obsolete The act of reproaching; contumely.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To utter upbraidings.
  • 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.
  • obsolete To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with ''to'' before the person.
  • obsolete To treat with contempt.
  • To criticize severely.
  • To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

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