Upbraid /(ŭp*brād")/

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.

   Vet do not Upbraid us our distress.

2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

   Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.

   How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.]
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.]

1. To utter upbraidings.

1. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.]