upbraid
verb /ʌpˈbreɪd/
/ʌpˈbreɪd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they upbraid | /ʌpˈbreɪd/ /ʌpˈbreɪd/ |
| he / she / it upbraids | /ʌpˈbreɪdz/ /ʌpˈbreɪdz/ |
| past simple upbraided | /ʌpˈbreɪdɪd/ /ʌpˈbreɪdɪd/ |
| past participle upbraided | /ʌpˈbreɪdɪd/ /ʌpˈbreɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form upbraiding | /ʌpˈbreɪdɪŋ/ /ʌpˈbreɪdɪŋ/ |
- upbraid somebody (for something/for doing something) to criticize somebody or speak angrily to them because you do not approve of something that they have said or done synonym reproachWord Originlate Old English upbrēdan ‘allege (something) as a basis for censure’, based on braid in the obsolete sense ‘brandish’. The current sense dates from Middle English.