Definizione monolingua

upbraid

upbraid (third-person singular simple present upbraids, present participle upbraiding, simple past and past participle upbraided)

1. To criticize severely.
2. (archaic) 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.
   • Mark 16:14,

     And upbraided them with their unbelief.

3. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
   • Matthew 11:20,

     Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.

   • Sir P. Sidney (Can we date this quote?),

     How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

4. (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
5. (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.

upbraid (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.
   • Edmund Spenser (Can we date this quote?),

     Foul upbraid.

Definizione dizionario upbraid

criticare

minacciare

muggire

rimproverare

riprendere

Altri significati:

(archaic) 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.

(obsolete) To treat with contempt.

(archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.

to charge with something wrong or disgraceful

(obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.

(obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with '''to''' before the person.

(to) upbraid

To criticize severely.

To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.