0 to forcefully or angrily tell someone they should not have done a particular thing and criticize them for having done it:
In newspaper articles she consistently upbraided those in authority who overstepped their limits.
He said that a man who was once wandering over a large estate was accosted by the owner and upbraided.
I shall go hot foot from this debate to my local authority to—upbraid is not quite the word—ask it for a little more information.
I will strive to do so today by indicating that she upbraided me for saying that the amendments would create a barrier.
It is better to convince men than to upbraid them.
In fact, the report stated that the magistrates should be publicly upbraided.
I was upbraided earlier for some lax draftsmanship in my amendment.
I often had to upbraid the navy for treating them as badly as they do when it comes to money.
He upbraided me for not having mentioned rate-capping.
