verb (used with object)
- to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
- (of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to.
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to utter reproaches.
verb (tr)
- to reprove or reproach angrily
- to find fault with
v.Old English upbregdan “bring forth as a ground for censure,” from up “up” + bregdan “move quickly, intertwine” (see braid (v.)). Cf. Middle Swedish upbrygdha. Meaning “scold” is first attested late 13c. Related: Upbraided; upbraiding.