upbraiding

upbraiding

1. present participle and gerund of upbraid

upbraiding (comparative more upbraiding, superlative most upbraiding)

1. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.

• upbraidingly

upbraiding (plural upbraidings)

1. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
   • 1798, Elizabeth Inchbald, Lovers' Vows, Act IV, Scene I:

     I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “upbraiding”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.