upbraided
past simple and past participle ofupbraid
upbraid
verb[T]
formaluk/ʌpˈbreɪd/us/ʌpˈbreɪd/toforcefullyorangrilytellsomeone they should not have done aparticularthing andcriticizethem for having done it:
Innewspaperarticlessheconsistentlyupbraided those inauthoritywhooversteppedtheirlimits.
Synonyms
reprimandformal
reproach
ticksomeoneoff(SPEAK SEVERELY)UKinformal
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
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- bawlsomeoneout
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Examplesofupbraided
upbraided
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I will strive to do so today by indicating that sheupbraidedme for saying that the amendments would create a barrier.
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In fact, the report stated that the magistrates should be publiclyupbraided.
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I wasupbraidedearlier for some lax draftsmanship in my amendment.
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Heupbraidedme for not having mentioned rate-capping.
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I recall beingupbraidedsome years ago by an older councillor who accused me of poking my nose into matter which should not worry me.
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I am reminded of the cavalryman who wasupbraidedby his senior officer because he was wearing only one spur.
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He wasupbraidedby the authorities of the hospital.
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I fully expect to beupbraidedor criticised, but they say that they are against the proposal too.
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At any rate, he hauled the deputation pretty severely over the coals, and, among other things, heupbraidedthem for not being sufficiently grateful.
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Heupbraidedme gently with suggesting that, after all, only one type was ultimately attractive.
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Heupbraidedus and said that the country was horrified at the way we were conducting our debates and that this was an appalling state of affairs.
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Instead, the miners areupbraidedand derided.
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Nor can the moral invalid beupbraidedfor his degraded position any more than the patient with locomotor ataxia for tumbling down in a crowded street.
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Inasmuch as we on these benches have beenupbraidedfor not doing certain things in 1929, it is as well to remember just what we did.
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The consulsupbraidedthem for being as unruly as the people in the forum, whereupon a vote was held.
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