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upbraiding en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.

Forms

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more upbraiding Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most upbraiding Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

upbraidingly · upbraidingness · unupbraiding

upbraiding en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
    • I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher. 1798, Elizabeth Inchbald, Lovers' Vows, Act IV, Scene I:
  2. (obsolete) An instance of vomiting
    • The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Anise”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, page 880:

Forms

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upbraidings Number=Plur lexicographic

upbraiding en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of upbraid
    form of upbraid