🔄 Synonyms of "Upbraid"
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| reproachnoun | (transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone). |
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| reproachverb | (transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone). |
| railverb | (intransitive) To travel by railway. |
| rebukenoun | (of a person) A harsh criticism. |
| castigateverb | (transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely. |
| objurgateverb | (transitive) To rebuke or scold strongly. |
| reproveverb | (transitive) To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. |
| lambasteverb | To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. |
| drubnoun | (dialectal, Northern England) Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal. |
| scoldverb | (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily. |
| reprimandnoun | A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public. |
| philippicizeverb | (rare) To engage in a tirade or diatribe full of bitter condemnation. |
| berispverb | (obsolete, transitive) To censure; reprove. |
| censurenoun | The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. |
| bechideverb | (transitive, archaic) to chide or scold completely; reprimand thoroughly |
| downcast | Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty. |
| cut upverb | (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. |
| blisternoun | A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection. |
| challengenoun | A confrontation; a dare. |
| punishverb | (transitive) To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer). |
| criminateverb | (transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. |
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