upbraid
Significat (anglès)
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- To criticize severely.
- To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
- (obsolete) To treat with contempt.
- (obsolete) To object or urge as a matter of reproach
- To utter upbraidings.
- To vomit; retch.
Sinònims
take someone to task
angry with
read somebody the riot act
reproach intentionally
get on somebody’s case
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/
Etimologia (anglès)
From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).
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