Definitions
express criticism towards
Word origin
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).
Used in a sentence
“How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!”
The New Arcadia“Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:”
“Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour.”
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