upbraid
31upbraid — /ʌpˈbreɪd / (say up brayd) verb (t) 1. to reproach for some fault or offence; reprove severely; chide. 2. to censure or find fault with (things). –verb (i) 3. to utter reproaches. {Middle English; Old English upbregdan. See up , braid (verb)… …
32upbraid — to rise in the stomach. N. My dinner upbraids …
33upbraid — v.tr. (often foll. by with, for) chide or reproach (a person). Derivatives: upbraiding n. Etymology: OE upbredan (as UP , bredan = bregdan BRAID in obs. sense brandish ) …
34upbraid with — Reproach, cast something in the teeth of …
35Upbraided — Upbraid Up*braid ([u^]p*br[=a]d ), 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… …
36Upbraiding — Upbraid Up*braid ([u^]p*br[=a]d ), 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… …
37give someone hell — upbraid someone, scold someone, make things difficult for someone …
38scold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. reprove, rebuke, rate, chide, berate, tongue lash, bawl out (sl.). See disapprobation. Ant., praise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. admonish, chide, berate, chasten, asperse, expostulate with, rebuke,… …
39scold — 1. verb Mom took Anna away, scolding her for her bad behavior Syn: rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, remonstrate with, chastise, chide, upbraid, berate, take to task, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one s mind,… …
40scold — n shrew, vixen, termagant, *virago, amazon scold vb Scold, upbraid, rate, berate, tongue lash, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail, revile, vituperate can all mean to reprove, reproach, or censure angrily, harshly, and more or less abusively. Scold,… …
