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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, verb (used without an object) To utter upbraidings. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, noun The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] '' Foul upbraid.'' --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Upbraid \Up*braid"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]d"), verb (used without an object) [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 off, upbraid. See {Up}, and {Braid}, verb (used with an object)]
1. 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.
And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi. 14.
Vet do not Upbraid us our distress. --Shak.
2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. --Matt. xi. 20
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! --Sir P. Sidney.
3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
upbraid
verb: express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" [syn: {reproach}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "upbraid": 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, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, tell off, tick off, tongue-lash, vituperate
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