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  • 1 recriminar

    v.
    1 to reproach.
    2 to recriminate, to charge in return, to bring a countercharge against, to accuse in return.
    3 to counter one accusation with another, to accuse in return with another accusation, to charge in return, to engage in mutual accusations.
    * * *
    1 (reprender) to recriminate
    2 (reprochar) to reproach
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reprochar) to reproach
    2) (Jur) to countercharge
    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to reproach
    * * *
    = berate, upbraid, lambast [lambaste], damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to reproach
    * * *
    = berate, upbraid, lambast [lambaste], damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach.

    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.

    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

    * * *
    recriminar [A1 ]
    vt
    to reproach
    la recriminó por su egoísmo or le recriminó su egoísmo he reproached her for being so selfish
    * * *

    recriminar ( conjugate recriminar) verbo transitivo
    to reproach
    recriminar verbo transitivo to reproach
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to reproach;
    le recriminó que no hubiera ayudado he reproached her for not helping
    * * *
    v/t reproach
    * * *
    : to reproach
    : to recriminate

    Spanish-English dictionary > recriminar

  • 2 regañar

    v.
    to scold, to call down, to chide, to chew out.
    * * *
    1 to scold, tell off
    1 (reñir) to argue, quarrel, fall out
    2 (refunfuñar) to moan, grumble, complain
    * * *
    1.
    VT to scold, tell off *
    2. VI
    1) [persona] to grumble, grouse *
    2) [dos personas] to fall out, quarrel
    3) †† [perro] to snarl, growl
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell... off (colloq)
    2.
    regañar vi (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel

    ha regañado con el novio — ( ha discutido) she's had an argument with her boyfriend; ( ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

    * * *
    = set about, rebuff, reprimand, chide, slap + Nombre + down, upbraid, scold, tell + Nombe + off, get at.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex. 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
    ----
    * regañar constantemente = nag (at).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell... off (colloq)
    2.
    regañar vi (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel

    ha regañado con el novio — ( ha discutido) she's had an argument with her boyfriend; ( ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

    * * *
    = set about, rebuff, reprimand, chide, slap + Nombre + down, upbraid, scold, tell + Nombe + off, get at.

    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

    Ex: 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.
    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
    * regañar constantemente = nag (at).

    * * *
    regañar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( esp AmL) to scold, to give … a talking-to ( colloq), to tell … off ( colloq)
    ¿te regañó por llegar tarde? did she tell you off for being late?, did you get a talking-to for being late?
    ■ regañar
    vi
    ( Esp)
    1 (pelearse) to quarrel
    regañamos por una tontería we quarreled over nothing
    ha regañado con el novio (ha discutido) she's had an argument o a row o ( colloq) a tiff with her boyfriend; (ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend
    2 (quejarse) to grumble
    * * *

     

    regañar ( conjugate regañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell … off (colloq)
    verbo intransitivo (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel
    regañar
    I verbo transitivo to scold, tell off
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (en una discusión) to argue, quarrel
    2 (romper una relación) to split up, break up
    ' regañar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caldo
    - discutir
    - reñir
    - repaso
    - retar
    - rezongar
    English:
    chastise
    - pull up
    - reprehend
    - scold
    - tell off
    - tick off
    - pull
    - tell
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [reprender] to tell off;
    me regañaron por acabarme toda la cerveza I got a row for finishing all the beer
    ♦ vi
    Esp [pelearse] to fall out;
    ha regañado con su hermana he's fallen out with his sister;
    están regañados they've fallen out
    * * *
    I v/t tell off
    II v/i quarrel
    * * *
    : to scold, to give a talking to
    1) quejarse: to grumble, to complain
    2) reñir: to quarrel, to argue
    * * *
    regañar vb (reñir) to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

    Spanish-English dictionary > regañar

  • 3 reprender

    v.
    1 to tell off (a niños).
    2 to reprehend, to admonish, to scold, to bawl out.
    María reprocha a su esposo Mary reproaches her husband.
    * * *
    1 to reprimand, scold
    * * *
    VT (=amonestar) to reprimand, tell off *; [+ niño] to scold
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.

    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

    * * *
    reprender [E1 ]
    vt
    to scold, tell … off ( colloq)
    reprendió a los niños por jugar con la pelota en la calle she scolded the children o told the children off for playing ball in the street
    * * *

    reprender ( conjugate reprender) verbo transitivo
    to scold, tell … off (colloq)
    reprender verbo transitivo to reprimand, scold, tell off
    ' reprender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amonestar
    English:
    reprehend
    - reprimand
    - reprove
    - task
    - berate
    - chastise
    - rebuke
    - scold
    - up
    * * *
    [a niños] to tell off; [a empleados] to reprimand
    * * *
    v/t scold, tell off fam
    * * *
    : to reprimand, to scold
    * * *
    reprender vb to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

    Spanish-English dictionary > reprender

  • 4 fustigar

    v.
    1 to whip.
    2 to criticize harshly.
    3 to scold, to criticize severely, to censure, to get after.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (al caballo) to whip, lash
    2 (censurar, criticar) to criticize severely
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=pegar) to whip, lash
    2) (=criticar) to upbraid, give a tongue-lashing to *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < caballo> to whip
    b) ( criticar) < persona> to lash, savage
    * * *
    = whip, lash.
    Ex. He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.
    Ex. Indeed, if the rains failed, some tribes blamed the toads for withholding the rain, and would lash them in punishment.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < caballo> to whip
    b) ( criticar) < persona> to lash, savage
    * * *
    = whip, lash.

    Ex: He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.

    Ex: Indeed, if the rains failed, some tribes blamed the toads for withholding the rain, and would lash them in punishment.

    * * *
    fustigar [A3 ]
    vt
    1 ‹caballo› to whip
    2 (criticar) ‹persona› to lash, savage
    fustigó la inercia del poder judicial he launched a savage attack on the judiciary's lack of action
    * * *

    fustigar ( conjugate fustigar) verbo transitivo ‹ caballo› to whip
    fustigar verbo transitivo to whip
    ' fustigar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    whip
    - lash
    * * *
    1. [azotar] to whip
    2. [censurar] to criticize harshly
    * * *
    v/t whip
    * * *
    fustigar {52} vt
    1) azotar: to whip, to lash
    2) : to upbraid, to berate

    Spanish-English dictionary > fustigar

  • 5 generalista

    adj.
    1 general.
    2 generalist.
    f. & m.
    generalist.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [radio, televisión] general-interest antes de s ; [formación] general
    2.
    SMF general practitioner, G.P., family practitioner (EEUU)
    * * *
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    * * *

    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

    * * *
    1 ‹formación/conocimientos› general; ‹análisis/enfoque› general, broad-brush
    médico generalista general practitioner
    2 ( Radio, TV) general-interest
    programas generalistas general-interest programs
    (no especialista) non-specialist; ( Med) general practitioner
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    generalist;
    un enfoque generalista a generalist approach;
    médico generalista general practitioner
    ♦ nmf
    general practitioner

    Spanish-English dictionary > generalista

  • 6 profesionalista

    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    * * *

    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profesionalista

  • 7 vocacionalista

    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    * * *

    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vocacionalista

  • 8 reprochar

    v.
    1 to reproach, to criticize.
    María reprocha a su esposo Mary reproaches her husband.
    María reprocha su proceder Mary reproaches his behavior.
    2 to reproach, to chide, to fault, to upbraid.
    María reprocha a su esposo Mary reproaches her husband.
    * * *
    1 to reproach, censure
    * * *
    verb
    to reproach, blame
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=reconvenir) to reproach
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to reproach
    2.
    reprocharse v pron (refl) to reproach oneself
    * * *
    = remonstrate, berate, fault, lambast [lambaste], damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach.
    Ex. 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
    Ex. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to reproach
    2.
    reprocharse v pron (refl) to reproach oneself
    * * *
    = remonstrate, berate, fault, lambast [lambaste], damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach.

    Ex: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.

    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
    Ex: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

    * * *
    reprochar [A1 ]
    vt
    to reproach
    no tengo nada que reprocharle I have nothing to reproach him for
    me reprochó que no le hubiera escrito he reproached me for not having written to him
    ( refl) to reproach oneself
    no te lo reproches, no tuviste la culpa don't blame yourself o reproach yourself, it wasn't your fault
    * * *

    reprochar ( conjugate reprochar) verbo transitivo
    to reproach;

    reprochar verbo transitivo to reproach: le reprochó su mala conducta, she reproached him for his bad behaviour

    ' reprochar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rebuke
    - reproach
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    reprochar algo a alguien to reproach sb for sth;
    le reprocharon que no hubiera ayudado they reproached him for not helping
    * * *
    v/t reproach
    * * *
    : to reproach
    * * *
    reprochar vb to reproach

    Spanish-English dictionary > reprochar

  • 9 zaherir

    v.
    1 to hurt.
    2 to mock (burlarse de).
    3 to pillory.
    4 to deride, to mock, to ridicule, to satirize.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HERVIR], like link=hervir hervir
    1 to wound, hurt
    2 (sentimientos) to hurt
    * * *
    VT (=criticar) to criticize sharply, attack; (=herir) to wound, hurt; (=reprender) to upbraid, reprimand
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hurt, wound
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hurt, wound
    * * *
    vt
    to hurt, wound
    * * *

    zaherir vtr (ofender) to insult
    * * *
    1. [herir] to hurt
    2. [burlarse de] to mock
    * * *
    zaherir {76} vt
    1) : to criticize sharply
    2) : to wound, to mortify

    Spanish-English dictionary > zaherir

  • 10 apostrofar

    v.
    to apostrophize, to address one by apostrophe; to insult.
    * * *
    1 to apostrophize
    2 (reñir) to reprimand, tell off
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=dirigirse a) to apostrophize frm, address
    2) (=injuriar) to insult
    * * *
    apostrofar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml)
    1 (invocar) to apostrophize ( frml)
    2 (censurar) to upbraid

    Spanish-English dictionary > apostrofar

  • 11 recriminar

    • berate
    • pick on
    • recriminate
    • upbraid

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > recriminar

  • 12 reprender

    • admonish
    • bawl out
    • bring to attention
    • bring to task
    • call to task
    • castigate
    • chastise
    • chew out
    • chide
    • dress down
    • give a scare
    • give a sermon
    • rap over the knuckles
    • reprehend
    • reprove
    • take to prison
    • take to the air
    • tongue-lash
    • upbraid
    • waft
    • wag one's tongue

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > reprender

  • 13 reprochar

    • chide
    • criticize
    • impute
    • upbraid

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > reprochar

  • 14 improperar

    v.
    1 to upbraid, to gibe, to taunt.
    2 to insult, to recriminate in an offensive manner, to revile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > improperar

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  • Upbraid — Up*braid ([u^]p*br[=a]d ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[eth]a to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Upbraid — Up*braid , n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] Foul upbraid. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Upbraid — Up*braid , v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • upbraid — index blame, castigate, cavil, censure, complain (criticize), condemn (blame), criticize ( …   Law dictionary

  • upbraid — O.E. upbregdan bring forth as a ground for censure, from up up + bregdan move quickly, intertwine (see BRAID (Cf. braid)). Cf. M.Swed. upbrygdha. Meaning scold is first attested late 13c …   Etymology dictionary

  • upbraid — *scold, rate, berate, tongue lash, revile, vituperate, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail Analogous words: reprehend, reprobate, blame, censure, denounce (see CRITICIZE): reproach, reprimand, rebuke, *reprove …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • upbraid — [v] scold admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out*, chide, criticize, give a talking to*, jump on*, lay down the law*, lecture, light into*, put down, rake over the coals*, ream, reprimand, reproach, take to task* …   New thesaurus

  • upbraid — ► VERB ▪ scold or reproach. ORIGIN Old English, «allege as a basis for censure», from BRAID(Cf. ↑braid) in the obsolete sense brandish …   English terms dictionary

  • upbraid — [up brād′] vt. [ME upbreiden < OE upbregdan < up ,UP + bregdan, to pull: see BRAID] to rebuke severely or bitterly; censure sharply SYN. SCOLD …   English World dictionary

  • upbraid — v. (D; tr.) to upbraid for (they upbraided him for his sloppy work) * * * [ʌp breɪd] (D; tr.) to upbraid for (they upbraided him for his sloppy work) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • upbraid — UK [ʌpˈbreɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms upbraid : present tense I/you/we/they upbraid he/she/it upbraids present participle upbraiding past tense upbraided past participle upbraided formal to criticize someone very severely …   English dictionary

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