▪ I. upˈbraiding, vbl. n.
[f. as prec.]
1. A reproach or reproof.
| c 1205 Lay. 19117 Þenne nabbeoð ure æfterlinges nane upbreidinges. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxviii. 49 Mined be, lauerd, of vpbraidinges of þi hine. c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. xvi. 247 Certis..alle her vpbreidingis mad ben iust. 1590 Shakes. Com. Err. v. i. 73 Thou saist his meate was sawc'd with thy vpbraidings. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. 496/2 When..hee snebs the King for comminatory obraydings, and contumacious malepartnesse. 1627 Sanderson Serm. I. 270 The horrors and upbraidings of a condemning heart. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 448 ¶6 You your self cannot..but allow the Justice of the Upbraidings of Your Injured Friend. 1773 Mrs. Chapone Improv. Mind. (1774) I. 174 If jealousy is expressed by unkind upbraidings. 1844 Thirlwall Greece VIII. 320 He was there received with..upbraidings, and reproaches. 1894 J. D. Campbell Life Coleridge 46 Coleridge then broke out in extravagantly-worded upbraidings. |
2. The action of reproaching or reproving.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxviii. 22 Bere fra me vpbraidinge and forhoghte. 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 766 But ȝe leue..Ȝoure vnkynde vpbreydyng, Ȝe shul go a deueyl weye. a 1340 Hampole Psalter ii. 5 Þat speche sall be vpbraydynge þat þai wild noght doe his biddynge. c 1410 Lanterne of Liȝt 124 At alle tyme he schal be cursid & worþi vpbreiding. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 241 b, Without ony exprobracyon, upbraydyng or rebukyng. 1599 Hakluyt Voy. I. 562 A thing foolish and vaine,..deuised for the vpbrayding of our nation. 1656 Bramhall Replie to S. W. 70 For in my discourse there is nothing either of repining or upbraiding. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones viii. xiv, He received nothing but scorn and upbraiding from me. 1775 Sheridan Rivals iii. ii, I had come resolved to wear a face of coolness and upbraiding. 1825 Scott Talism. xvii, Without a word of upbraiding, she attended upon the Queen. 1878 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Vict. iii, No word of upbraiding had ever crossed those tender lips. |
† b. An object of reproach or censure. Obs. rare.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter xxi. 5, I am worme, and man nathing; Mennes vpbraiding, of folk outkasting. Ibid. xxxviii. 12. |
† 3. Eructation of food; regurgitation. Obs.
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 73 It tourneth also norishement vnto corrupcion, whiche maketh vpbraidynges fumishe or sharpe. 1561 Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 2 The payn of the head commeth..by y⊇ vpbraything of y⊇ stomak into the head. 1574 Newton Health Mag. 21 When throughe drinkinge of wine there is any upbraidinge and mordication in the stomacke. 1611 Cotgr., Remors de l'estomac, the vpbraiding of the stomacke. |
▪ II. upˈbraiding, ppl. a.
[f. upbraid v. + -ing2.]
Reproachful, reproving.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter xliii. 18 Steuen of vpbraidand and forspekand. c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. xvi. 247 Alle tho reprouyng and upbreiding processis vpon ydolatrers ben trewe. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 101 You haue written to vs againe after a threatning sort, and vpbrayding manner. a 1618 Sylvester Epist. vii. 31 Th' upbraiding blurr of my young Muse's rape. 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. iii. 12 They vsed no vpbraiding termes towards them. 1663 Extr. St. Papers Friends Ser. ii. (1911) 183 Mr. Knight returned me this scornfull and vpbraiding answer. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. v. §30 This being spoke with..an upbraiding air. 1810 Scott Lady of L. ii. vi, 'Twas thus upbraiding conscience said. 1822 J. Wilson Lights & Shadows 143 The Minister looked,..with an upbraiding countenance, on the young man. 1848 Buckley Iliad 397 But him..Diana sharply rebuked, and uttered this upbraiding speech. |