Associations to the word «Upbraid»

Wiktionary

UPBRAID, noun. (obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.
UPBRAID, verb. (transitive) To criticize severely.
UPBRAID, verb. (transitive) (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.
UPBRAID, verb. (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
UPBRAID, verb. (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.
UPBRAID, verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
UPBRAID, verb. (UK dialectal) (Northern England) To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.

Dictionary definition

UPBRAID, verb. Express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley