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upbraiding a. 叱责的,谴责的
n. 叱责,谴责 叱责的,谴责的叱责,谴责 upbraiding n 1: a severe scolding [ synonym: { castigation}, { earful}, { bawling out}, { chewing out}, { upbraiding}, { going- over}, { dressing down}] Upbraid \ Up* braid"\ ([ u^] p* br[= a] d"), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Upbraided}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Upbraiding}.] [ OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[ eth] a to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See { Up}, and { Braid}, v. t.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] And upbraided them with their unbelief. -- Mark xvi. 14. [ 1913 Webster] Vet do not Upbraid us our distress. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide. [ 1913 Webster] Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. -- Matt. xi. 20 [ 1913 Webster] How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To treat with contempt. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn. [ 1913 Webster]
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