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upbraid

[ uhp-breyd ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to find fault with or reproach severely; censure:

    The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. (of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to.


verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to utter reproaches.

upbraid

/ ÊŒ±èˈ²ú°ù±ðɪ»å /

verb

  1. to reprove or reproach angrily
  2. to find fault with
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Derived Forms

  • ³Ü±èˈ²ú°ù²¹¾±»å¾±²Ô²µ, noun
  • ³Ü±èˈ²ú°ù²¹¾±»å¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
  • ³Ü±èˈ²ú°ù²¹¾±»å±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü±è·²ú°ù²¹¾±»åİù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôu±è·²ú°ù²¹¾±»åĻå adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of upbraid1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ³Ü±è²ú°ùŧ»å²¹²Ô to adduce as a fault. See up-, braid
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of upbraid1

Old English upbregdan; related to Danish bebreide; see up , braid
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Following an uproar, that action was reversed within a day, but it raised suspicions that it was undertaken to punish Mainers for their Democratic governor’s public upbraiding of Trump at a Washington meeting.

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Even as the ex-president got a bond reduced in New York, Judge Juan M. Merchan set a trial date in the hush money case, upbraided the defense and imposed a gag order.

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In a tense phone call on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III upbraided his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, over Israel’s deadly attack on a humanitarian food convoy in Gaza earlier this week.

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That sort of upbraiding from a judge before trial has even begun should chill any trial lawyer to the bone.

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The incidents in Jenin are not the first time Israeli soldiers have been upbraided for bad behaviour filmed and posted on social media recently.

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