upbraid
/ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!"
- "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:"
- "When Chrysostom was lying on his bier in the valley, and Marcella looked down from the high rock, Ambrosio, the dead man’s comrade, cried out on her, upbraiding her with bitter words—“Oh basilisk of our mountains!” Nor do I think Ambrosio spoke too strongly."
- "Indeed, on several occasions, the Bishop of Lincoln was forced to upbraid both abbess and nuns for unseemliness in dress and behaviour."
- "Dalio had no qualms about upbraiding a junior employee in front of me and dozens of his colleagues."
- "Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance upbraided the president of Ukraine in the Oval Office last Friday, then cut off military aid to the U.S. ally."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English up Old English up- Proto-Germanic *bregdaną Proto-West Germanic *bregdan Old English breġdan Old English upbreġdan Middle English upbreiden English upbraid From Middle English upbreiden, 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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: upbreiden, upbreġdan