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Upbraid v. i. (past & past part. upbraided; pres. part. upbraiding)

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." "Vet do not Upbraid us our distress."

To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide. "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done." "How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!"

To treat with contempt. (Obs.)

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

Synonyms: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

Upbraid v. i. To utter upbraidings.

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... be sensible of the change in me, and inquired the cause with her usual frankness and simplicity. I could not evade the inquiry, for my heart was full to aching. I told her all the conflict of my soul; my devouring passion, my bitter self-upbraiding. "Yes!" said I, "I am unworthy of you. I am an offcast from my family—a wanderer—a nameless, homeless wanderer, with nothing but poverty for my portion, and yet I have dared to love you—have dared to ...

— Tales of a Traveller • Washington Irving

... stroke O'er wretched man prevails! Ha! love's eternal chain is broke, And friendship's covenant fails! Upbraiding forms! a moment's ease— O memory! how shall I appease The bleeding shade, the unlaid ghost? What charm can bind the gushing eye, What voice console the incessant sigh, And ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... later Marian again visited him, this time alone. Nor did she waste time in coming to the point, upbraiding him sorrowfully for ...

— Martin Eden • Jack London

... half-crushed back. I never saw the honest fellow in such a rage before. He leaped furiously to his feet, and seizing the stick, began beating the poor image: every moment, or two pausing and talking to it in the most violent manner, as if upbraiding it for the accident. When his indignation had subsided a little he whirled the idol about most profanely, so as to give me an opportunity of examining it on all sides. I am quite sure I never should have presumed to have taken such liberties ...

— Typee - A Romance of the South Sea • Herman Melville

... heir to the crown, is bewildering in its grave defiance of all reason. There is not much wonder that Lindsay, "ane rasch man, and of rud language, albeit he was stout and hardy in the field and exercised in war," burst forth upon the assembled knights and lords, upbraiding them with bringing the Prince into their murderous designs against the King. The effect of his speech on the assembly would seem to have been considerable, and it is very apparent that the party in power had no desire to make any fight, for ...

— Royal Edinburgh - Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets • Margaret Oliphant

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