upbraid

Etymology

From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive).

verb

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

noun

1. (obsolete) The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain.