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upbraid


verb (used with object)

  1. to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
  2. (of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to.

verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to utter reproaches.

verb (tr)

  1. to reprove or reproach angrily
  2. 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.

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