Sekirov Dictionary

upbraid

/ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/

verb 6
noun 1
forms 5

verb6

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To criticize severely.
- How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! — 1587
•
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
- Yet do not upbraid us our distress. — 1608
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(no longer used) To object or urge as a matter of reproach
- Those that have been bred together, are more apt to envy their equals when raised: for it doth upbraid unto them their own fortunes, and pointeth at them. — 1625
(no longer used) To utter upbraidings.
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(no longer used) To treat with contempt.
- There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd. — 1590
(dialect, no longer used) To vomit; retch.

noun1

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(no longer used) The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain.
- He was ymet; who with uncomely Shame Gan him salute, and foul upbraid with faulty Blame. — 1596

forms

upbraided · upbraiding · upbraideth · upbraids · upbraidest

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