upbraid

Meanings

Verb

express criticism towards
To criticize severely.
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
To treat with contempt.
To object or urge as a matter of reproach
To utter upbraidings.
To vomit; retch.

Noun

The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain.

Origin / 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).

Synonyms

admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, berate, berisp, blame, blast, cast up, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, drag, dress down, eat someone alive, excoriate, exprobrate, find fault, fulminate, get down, get up, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, inveigh, lace into, lambaste, lecture, light into, objurgate, pooh-pooh, put someone on blast, rate, read somebody the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip into, rubbish, savage, scold, slam, tear into, tell off, threap, tick off, tosh, upbraid, vilify, vituperate

Scrabble Score: 12

upbraid is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
upbraid is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
upbraid is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

upbraid is a valid Words With Friends word