upbraid

Definitions


[ˌʌpˈbreɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- find fault with (someone); scold
(e.g: he was upbraided for his slovenly appearance)


Phrases:

Origin:
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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries