upbraid

Meaning of upbraid

verb
  1. find fault with (someone); scold.
    he was upbraided for his slovenly appearance

late Old English upbrēdan ‘allege (something) as a basis for censure’, based on braid in the obsolete sense ‘brandish’. The current sense dates from Middle English.

Information about upbraid

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of upbraid is: upbraids.
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Hyphenation of upbraid

up-braid

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • upbraid is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

upbraid synonyms

Meaning reproach:

reproach

Meaning address a reprimand to:

reprimand

Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:

rebuke

Meaning remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily:

scold

Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:

admonish

Meaning reprimand (someone):

reprove

Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:

chastise

Meaning scold or rebuke:

chide

Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:

berate

Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:

castigate, bollock

Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:

lambast

Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:

criticize

Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:

censure

Meaning criticize severely:

rap

Meaning criticize fiercely:

blast

Meaning give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag:

rag

Meaning punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern:

keelhaul

Meaning reprimand severely:

carpet

Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:

monster

Meaning a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, typically worn by judges and barristers in law courts or by people trying to conceal their baldness:

wig

Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:

row

Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:

rate

Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:

trim

Meaning reprimand:

reprehend

Meaning rebuke severely; scold:

objurgate

upbraid antonyms

Meaning give (someone) one's good wishes when something special or pleasant has happened to them:

congratulate

Words that rhyme with upbraid

raid, abraid, braid, cornbraid, embraid, outbraid, rebraid, umbraid, unbraid, Sucraid, underaid, afraid, fraid, unafraid, spraid, counterraid, Concentraid, purtraid, Lyraid, lyraid

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