upbraid

verb

to find fault with or reproach severely

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/

noun

Etymology: 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).

The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain.
“He was ymet; who with uncomely Shame Gan him salute, and foul upbraid with faulty Blame.”

verb

To criticize severely.
“How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!”
“Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:”
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
“Yet do not upbraid us our distress.”
“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.”
To treat with contempt.
“There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd.”
To object or urge as a matter of reproach
“Those that have been bred together, are more apt to envy their equals when raised: for it doth upbraid unto them their own fortunes, and pointeth at them.”
To utter upbraidings.
To vomit; retch.