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English
Etymology
Old English upbreiden; Anglo-Saxon upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred; Icelandic bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid (transitive)
Pronunciation
IPA|/��p�breɪd/
audio|en-us-upbraid.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪd
Noun
upbraid
- obsolete The act of reproaching; contumely. "Foul upbraid" - Spenser
Translations
Polish: skarcenie n
Verb
en-verb
- 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 16:14
- To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
#:*Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. - Matthew 11:20
#:*How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! - Sir P. Sidney rfdate
- obsolete To treat with contempt.
- obsolete To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
- intransitive To utter upbraidings.
Translations
trans-top|to charge with something wrong or disgraceful
Portuguese: t|pt|reprovar
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trans-bottom
trans-top|to reprove
Portuguese: t|pt|reprovar
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Polish: skarci�
Synonyms
blame, censure, condemn, reproach
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