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Definition of upbraid verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

upbraid

verb

NAmE//ʌpˈbreɪd//

upbraid somebody (for something/for doing something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they upbraid

he / she / it upbraids

past simple upbraided

-ing form upbraiding

to criticize someone or speak angrily to them because you do not approve of something that they have said or done synonym reproach

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