| Upbraid 1. (v. t.) 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. 2. (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide. 3. (v. t.) To treat with contempt. 4. (v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. 5. (v. i.) To utter upbraidings. 6. (n.) The act of reproaching; contumely. Thesaurus Entries admonish, bawl out, berate, bring to book, call to account, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, correct, dress down, give a dressing-down, have words with, lash, lecture, objurgate, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, tell off, tick off, tongue-lash, vituperate |