upbraiding

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10

Definition of upbraiding

4 senses · 3 parts of speech

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of upbraid
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verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of upbraid

adj

  1. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.

noun

  1. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
    “I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher.”
  2. (obsolete)An instance of vomiting
    “The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women”

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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