Definition of upbraid

• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
• v. t. - To treat with contempt.
• v. t. - To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
• v. i. - To utter upbraidings.
• n. - The act of reproaching; contumely.