upbraid

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for upbraid

upbraid 🔊 /ʌˈpbɹejˌd/

upbraid : සැරකරනවා

upbraid : බැණවදිනවා

upbraid : අවලාද කියනවා

upbraid definition

Transitive verb.

  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.
  2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
  3. To treat with contempt.
  4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.

Intransitive verb. To utter upbraidings.

Noun. The act of reproaching; contumely.