[f. UPBRAID v. + -ING2.] Reproachful, reproving.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xliii. 18. Steuen of vpbraidand and forspekand.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., II. xvi. 247. Alle tho reprouyng and upbreiding processis vpon ydolatrers ben trewe.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 101. You haue written to vs againe after a threatning sort, and vpbrayding manner.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Epist., vii. 31. Th’ upbraiding blurr of my young Muse’s rape.
1625. T. Godwin, Moses & Aaron, I. iii. 12. They vsed no vpbraiding termes towards them.
1663. Extr. St. Papers Friends, Ser. II. (1911), 183. Mr. Knight returned me this scornfull and vpbraiding answer.
1732. Berkeley, Alciphr., V. § 30. This being spoke with … an upbraiding air.
1810. Scott, Lady of L., II. vi. ’Twas thus upbraiding conscience said.
1822. J. Wilson, Lights & Shadows, 143. The Minister looked,… with an upbraiding countenance, on the young man.
1848. Buckley, Iliad, 397. But him … Diana sharply rebuked, and uttered this upbraiding speech.
