upbraiding
(a.)叱責的,譴責的叱責,譴責
Up·braid v. i. [imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb. n. Upbraiding.]
1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi. 14.
Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress. --Shak.
2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. --Matt. xi. 20
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! --Sir P. Sidney.
3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.]
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.]
Syn: -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
upbraiding
n : a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, bawling
out, chewing out, going-over, dressing down]