Upbraid

Definition of Upbraid

Up`braid´ Pronunciation: ŭp`brād´

v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb. n. Upbraiding.]
	1.	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. - Mark xvi. 14. Vet do not Upbraid us our distress. - Shak.
	2.	To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. - Matt. xi. 20 How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! - Sir P. Sidney.
	3.	To treat with contempt.
	4.	To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; - with to before the person.
	1.	To utter upbraidings.
n.	1.	The act of reproaching; contumely.

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