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Webster 1913 Edition
Upbraid
Up-braid′
(ŭp-brād′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Upbraided
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Upbraiding
.] 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. Shakespeare
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.
Up-braid′
,Verb.
I.
To utter upbraidings.
Pope.
Up-braid′
,Noun.
The act of reproaching; contumely.
[Obs.]
“ Foul upbraid.” Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Upbraid
UPBRA'ID
, v.t.1.
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast in the teeth; followed by with or for, before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his intemperance.Yet do not upbraid us with our distress.
He upbraided them with their unbelief. Matt. 16.
[The use of to and of, after upbraid, as to upbraid a man of his gain by iniquity, to upbraid to a man his evil practices, has been long discontinued.]
2.
To reproach; to chide.God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. James 1.
3.
To reprove with severity.Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done - Matt. 11.
4.
To bring reproach on.How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
5.
To treat with contempt. Obs.Definition 2024
upbraid
upbraid
English
Noun
upbraid (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.
- Edmund Spenser (Can we date this quote?),
- Foul upbraid.
- Edmund Spenser (Can we date this quote?),
Translations
The act of reproaching
Verb
upbraid (third-person singular simple present upbraids, present participle upbraiding, simple past and past participle upbraided)
- (transitive) To criticize severely.
- Matthew 11:20,
- Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
- Sir Philip Sidney (Can we date this quote?),
- How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
- Matthew 11:20,
- (transitive, 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.
- Shakespeare
- Yet do not upbraid us our distress.
- Mark 16:14,
- (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England) To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.
Synonyms
Translations
to charge with something wrong or disgraceful