Upbraid

v. t. [imp. & p. p. UPBRAIDED; p. pr. & vb. n. UPBRAIDING.] [A-S. upgebredan, upgebregdan, to upbraid, reproach, from up, up, and gebredan, gebregdan, bregdan, to braid, twist; Dan. bebreide, to upbraid. See BRAID.]

1Sense 1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; — followed by with or for before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his intemperance.

And upbraided them with their unbelief. Mark xvi. 14.

Yet do not Upbraid us with our distress. Shak.

The use of to and of after upbraid — as, to upbraid a man of his gain by iniquity, to upbraid to a man his evil practices — has been long discontinued.

2Sense 2. To reprove severely; to bring reproach on; to chide. “God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not.” James i. 5.

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! Sidney.

3Sense 3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.

Synonyms—To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.