Upbraiding
noun
1.
the act or words of a person who upbraids; severe reproof or censure:
an upbraiding from one’s superiors.
adjective
2.
severely reproachful or reproving; censorious:
upbraiding remarks.
verb (used with object)
1.
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure:
The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
2.
(of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to.
verb (used without object)
3.
Archaic. to utter reproaches.
verb (transitive)
1.
to reprove or reproach angrily
2.
to find fault with
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