upbraids
Meaning of upbraids
verb, 3rd person present
- find fault with (someone); scold.
he was upbraided for his slovenly appearance
late Old English upbrēdan ‘allege (something) as a basis for censure’, based on braid in the obsolete sense ‘brandish’. The current sense dates from Middle English.
Information about upbraids
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of upbraids is: upbraid.
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Hyphenation of upbraids
up-braids
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- upbraids is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
upbraids synonyms
Meaning address a reprimand to:
Meaning express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions:
Meaning accuse someone of:
Meaning remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily:
Meaning warn or reprimand someone firmly:
Meaning reprimand (someone):
Meaning rebuke or reprimand severely:
Meaning scold or rebuke:
Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:
Meaning reprimand (someone) severely:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning criticize fiercely:
Meaning give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag:
Meaning punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern:
Meaning reprimand severely:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, typically worn by judges and barristers in law courts or by people trying to conceal their baldness:
Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:
Meaning assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale:
Meaning make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts:
Meaning reprimand:
Meaning rebuke severely; scold:
upbraids antonyms
Meaning give (someone) one's good wishes when something special or pleasant has happened to them:
Words that rhyme with upbraids
aids, Alcaids, Medicaids, caids, medicaids, bandaids, gaids, kaids, Rolaids, laids, overplaids, plaids, rolaids, barmaids, bondmaids, bridemaids, bridesmaids, chambermaids, cookmaids, dairymaids, handmaids, housemaids, maids, mermaids, milkmaids, nursemaids, nurserymaids, pantrymaids, parlormaids, redmaids, schoolmaids, seamaids, Danaids, qaids, abraids, braids, cornbraids, counterraids, embraids, raids, unbraids, Nsaids, saids, navaids
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