upbraid

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) The act of reproaching; contumely.
  2. Verb.  To criticize severely.
  3. Verb.  (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.
  4. Verb.  To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
  5. Verb.  (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
  6. Verb.  (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with ''to'' before the person.
  7. Verb.  (archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.

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