\Up*braid"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS, upp up + bregdan to
draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[eth]a to draw,
brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid.
See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]
1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to
   reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed
   by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
         And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.
                                               14.
         Vet do not Upbraid us our distress.   --Shak.
2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
         Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
         his mighty works were done.           --Matt. xi. 20
         How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
                                               --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.
3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --
   with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

\Up*braid"\, v. i.
To utter upbraidings. --Pope.

\Up*braid"\, n.
The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] `` Foul upbraid.''
--Spenser.