upbraid
Verb
Verb Forms: upbraided, upbraiding, upbraids
- To criticize or scold someone severely.
- express criticism towards
- To criticize severely.
- To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
- To treat with contempt.
- To object or urge as a matter of reproach
- To utter upbraidings.
- To vomit; retch.
Noun
- The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain.
Examples
- My opponent would UPBRAID me if I wasted a seven-letter word on a single point play.
Origin / 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).
Synonyms
reproach, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, berate, berisp, blame, blast, cast up, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, drag, dress down, eat someone alive, excoriate, exprobrate, find fault, fulminate, get down, get up, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, inveigh, lace into, lambaste, lecture, light into, objurgate, pooh-pooh, put someone on blast, rate, read somebody the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, rip into, rubbish, savage, scold, slam, tear into, tell off, threap, tick off, tosh, upbraid, vilify, vituperate
Scrabble Score: 12
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