upbraid
11upbraid — UK [ʌpˈbreɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms upbraid : present tense I/you/we/they upbraid he/she/it upbraids present participle upbraiding past tense upbraided past participle upbraided formal to criticize someone very severely …
12upbraid — verb /ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/ a) To criticize severely. And upbraided them with their unbelief. b) 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… …
13upbraid — [OE] Upbraid originally meant ‘throw something up against someone as a fault’. It was formed from up and the ancestor of modern English braid, which used to mean ‘throw’, amongst other things. The object of the verb was originally the ‘fault’;… …
14upbraid — [[t]ʌpbre͟ɪd[/t]] upbraids, upbraiding, upbraided VERB If you upbraid someone, you tell them that they have done something wrong and criticize them for doing it. [FORMAL] [V n] Eleanor upbraided him for things he d left undone... [V n for n/ ing] …
15upbraid — [OE] Upbraid originally meant ‘throw something up against someone as a fault’. It was formed from up and the ancestor of modern English braid, which used to mean ‘throw’, amongst other things. The object of the verb was originally the ‘fault’;… …
16upbraid — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English upbreyden, from Old English ūpbregdan, probably from ūp up + bregdan to snatch, move suddenly more at braid Date: 12th century 1. to criticize severely ; find fault with 2. to reproach severely ; scold… …
17upbraid — upbraider, n. /up brayd /, v.t. 1. to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice. 2. (of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to. v.i. 3. Archaic. to utter reproaches …
18upbraid — Synonyms and related words: admonish, bawl out, berate, bring to book, call to account, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, correct, dress down, give a dressing down, have words with, lash, lecture, objurgate, rate, rebuke, reprehend,… …
19upbraid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reprove, chide, admonish, rebuke, reprimand, scold; accuse, charge, revile. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reproach, scold, vituperate, condemn, denounce, lecture, chide, reprehend,… …
20upbraid — up|braid [ʌpˈbreıd] v [T] formal [: Old English; Origin: upbregdan, probably from up up + bregdan to move suddenly, seize ] to tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong …
