Up*braid" (ŭp*brād"), 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. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]

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.

Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.

2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.

4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

Up*braid", v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope.

Up*braid", n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid." Spenser.

Up*braid" (ŭp*brād"), 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. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]

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.

Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.

2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.

4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

Up*braid", v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope.

Up*braid", n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid." Spenser.

• 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.
       Quotations
       *And upbraided them with their unbelief. - Mark 16:14
       *Vet do not Upbraid us our distress. - Shakespeare,??
  
• To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
       Quotations
       *Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. - Matthew 11:20
       *How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! - Sir P. Sidney
  
• (Obsolete): To treat with contempt. - Spenser
  
• (Obsolete): To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. - Bacon
  
• To utter upbraidings. - Pope
  
• (Obsolete): The act of reproaching; contumely. "Foul upbraid" - Spenser