upbraid

IPA: ˈʌpbreɪd

(transitive) To criticize severely.
(transitive, archaic, followed by with or for, and formerly of before the object) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach
(obsolete) To treat with contempt.
(obsolete, followed by "to" before the object) To object or urge as a matter of reproach
(archaic, intransitive) To utter upbraidings.
(UK dialectal, Northern England, archaic) To vomit; retch.

Examples of "upbraid" in Sentences

Let critic folk the poet's use of vulgar slang upbraid,
I roll in and she fails to introduce me, so I take her aside and upbraid her for this transgression.
And then, that same candidate will put out an ad making perfectly generic critiques of his or her opponent -- which the media will hysterically then upbraid.
Politicians and economists report that European counterparts who formerly criticised them for being too hard on the euro now upbraid them for being too soft.
Even though he was not the producer of Nine, some of the council members began to upbraid him about the fact that there were no African-Americans in the cast of Nine.
Mapuhi relieved his feelings by sending her reeling from a box on the ear; while Tefara and Nauri burst into tears and continued to upbraid him after the manner of women.
The truth is that the Republican rivals really can't upbraid Romney for his business record because it would put them at odds with the philosophy of the Republican party.
But why should I have to, in this day and age, upbraid a woman who looked to be a reasonably intelligent and otherwise respectable member of the country's upper middle class?