upbraid

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- +‎ braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd === Verb === upbraid (third-person singular simple present upbraids, present participle upbraiding, simple past and past participle upbraided) (transitive) To criticize severely. Synonyms: exprobrate, blame, censure, condemn, reproach; see also Thesaurus:criticize (transitive, archaic, followed by with or for, and formerly of before the object) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach (obsolete) To treat with contempt. (obsolete, followed by "to" before the object) To object or urge as a matter of reproach Synonym: cast up (archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings. (UK dialectal, Northern England, archaic) To vomit; retch. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === upbraid (uncountable) (obsolete) The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain. ==== Translations ====