Thesaurus / upbraid
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In a bad way, by the people who worked in the restaurants who upbraided her for being the reason their dining rooms emptied out during what was supposed to be the dinner rush.
PANDEMIC TV HERO LORRAINE BRACCO ON WHY ‘THE SOPRANOS’ WAS A QUARANTINE HIT AND THAT HOUSE IN SICILY SHE BOUGHT FOR A BUCKJESSICA M. GOLDSTEINAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBe ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSAnimated by the subject, we talked a little too loud, and the sentinels began to upbraid us.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOShall we upbraid women with folly, when it is only the error of this inhuman custom that hindered them being made wiser?
AN ESSAY UPON PROJECTSDANIEL DEFOENor upbraid thou me upon the meditated breach of vows so repeatedly made.
CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSONIf you still continue to upbraid me, I shall be obliged to retaliate on you, and cry, Whig vous mme.
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID HUME, VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN HILL BURTONThey began to loathe it, to upbraid its steadfastness with spoken curses or unrestrained tears.
THE PILLAR OF LIGHTLOUIS TRACYKuru maids for fair Draupadi fortune's fitful will upbraid, And their tear-dewed lotus-faces with their streaming fingers shade!
MAHA-BHARATAANONYMOUSVainly did his soul upbraid him and warn him not to trust the beacon—to fly from its alluring light and cast aside its spell.
THE DREAMERMARY NEWTON STANARDThe more candid would upbraid him and attempt conciliation: the more tactful would be sympathetic.
THIRTYHOWARD VINCENT O'BRIENWORDS RELATED TO UPBRAID
- admonish
- bawl out
- berate
- blame
- call on the carpet
- carp on
- castigate
- censure
- chew out
- chide
- climb all over
- dress down
- fry
- go after
- jawbone
- jump down one's throat
- jump on
- lay into
- lean on
- lecture
- lesson
- monish
- oppose
- pay
- rake
- read
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- rip
- scold
- sit on
- sound off
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- tick off
- upbraid
- zap
- admonished
- bawled out
- berated
- blamed
- called on the carpet
- carp on
- castigated
- censured
- chewed out
- chided
- climbed all over
- dressed down
- fried
- jawboned
- jumped down one's throat
- jumped on
- lay into
- lean on
- lectured
- lessoned
- monished
- opposed
- paid
- raked
- read
- reprehended
- reprimanded
- reproached
- reproved
- ripped
- sat on
- scolded
- sounded off
- tear apart
- ticked off
- told off
- took to task
- upbraided
- went after
- zapped
- admonished
- called on the carpet
- came down on
- castigated
- censured
- checked
- chewed out
- chided
- criticized
- denounced
- dressed down
- gave piece of one's mind
- gave the dickens
- lectured
- lessoned
- light into
- lower the boom
- monished
- rapped
- rebuked
- reprehended
- reproached
- reproved
- ticked off
- told off
- took to task
- upbraided
- admonishing
- calling on the carpet
- castigating
- censuring
- checking
- chewing out
- chiding
- coming down on
- criticizing
- denouncing
- dressing down
- giving piece of one's mind
- giving the dickens
- lecturing
- lessoning
- light into
- lower the boom
- monishing
- rapping
- rebuking
- reprehending
- reproaching
- reproving
- taking to task
- telling off
- ticking off
- upbraiding
- admonishes
- calls on the carpet
- castigates
- censures
- checks
- chews out
- chides
- comes down on
- criticizes
- denounces
- dresses down
- gives piece of one's mind
- gives the dickens
- lectures
- lessons
- light into
- lower the boom
- monishes
- raps
- rebukes
- reprehends
- reproaches
- reproves
- takes to task
- tells off
- ticks off
- upbraids
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