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Upbraided

Upbraid \Up*braid"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]d"), v. i. [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, v. t.]

  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.

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upbraided

vb. (en-past of: upbraid)

Usage examples of "upbraided".

But this stood them in little stead, for the veterans, transported with rage and anger, not only could not be induced to spare the enemy, but even killed or wounded several citizens of distinction in their own army, whom they upbraided as authors of the war.

How Fanny had scorned and upbraided him, and ordered Tom to turn him out of the house "

Throwing it down she upbraided herself for a fool for having even bothered to look, as she ought to have realized that, having no right to the title, he would not have had the face to use it publicly.

Tears welled from their corners as she upbraided herself for her lack of resolution.