upbraid

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain. obsolete,uncountable
    — He was ymet; who with uncomely Shame Gan him salute, and foul upbraid with faulty Blame.
动词 v.
  1. To criticize severely. transitive
    — How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
    The New Arcadia
  2. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach archaic,transitive
    — Yet do not upbraid us our distress.
  3. To treat with contempt. obsolete
    — There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd.
  4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach obsolete
    — Those that have been bred together, are more apt to envy their equals when raised: for it doth upbraid unto them their own fortunes, and pointeth at them.
  5. To utter upbraidings. archaic,intransitive
  6. To vomit; retch. Northern-England,UK,archaic,dialectal

词形变化

upbraids present,singular,third-person upbraiding participle,present upbraided participle,past upbraided past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).
词源 2
From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).
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