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Definition of "upbraiding" []
- Present participle of upbraid. (verb)
- Reproachful; chiding; censorious. (adjective)
- An instance of severe criticism or rebuke. (noun)
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Use "upbraiding" in a sentence
- "And she spoke with more real virulence than that kind of upbraiding generally exhibits."
- "They glanced at each other in a kind of upbraiding fashion."
- "Epiplexisy (Gf.) a Figure in Rhetorick, which, by an elegant kind of upbraiding, endeavours to convince."
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