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upbraiding

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up·braid  (p-brd)
tr.v. up·braid·ed, up·braid·ing, up·braids
To reprove sharply; reproach. See Synonyms at scold.
[Middle English upbreiden, from Old English pbrdan, to bring forward as a ground for censure : p-, up- + bregdan, to turn, lay hold of.]
up·braider n.
up·braiding·ly adv.
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Noun1.upbraiding - a severe scolding
bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, earful, going-over
rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"


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No sooner has he gone than Creon enters with an armed guard who seize Antigone and carry her off (Ismene, the other sister, they have already captured) and he is about to lay hands on Oedipus, when Theseus, who has heard the tumult, hurries up and, upbraiding Creon for his lawless act, threatens to detain him till he has shown where the captives are and restored them.
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She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken.
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