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(up-braid) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to scold or criticize someone sharply.

Example Sentence

He was told not to upbraid his students for not working hard enough.

More Example Sentences

Teachers may upbraid students for poor work.

Synonyms

rebuke; reprimand; scold

Antonyms

praise; compliment; approve

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Rhymes

  • ade
  • aid
  • aide
  • bade
  • bayed
  • blade
  • braid
  • brayed
  • cade
  • dade
  • eyde
  • fade
  • fayed
  • flayed
  • frayed
  • gade
  • glade
  • grade
  • grayed
  • hade
  • haid
  • heyd
  • heyde
  • jade
  • kade
  • lade
  • laid
  • made
  • maid
  • mayde
  • paid
  • payed
  • played
  • prayed
  • preyed
  • quade
  • quaid
  • raid
  • rayed
  • sayed
  • schade
  • schrade
  • shade
  • slade
  • spade
  • spaid
  • spayd
  • spayde
  • spayed
  • sprayed
  • stade
  • staid
  • stayed
  • strayed
  • suede
  • swayed
  • they'd
  • trade
  • wade
  • waid
  • waide
  • weighed
  • zaid

  • abrade
  • afraid
  • allayed
  • arcade
  • arrayed
  • betrayed
  • blockade
  • brascade
  • brigade
  • brocade
  • buffeted
  • cascade
  • charade
  • cliched
  • conveyed
  • crocheted
  • crusade
  • decade
  • decayed
  • degrade
  • delayed
  • dismayed
  • displayed
  • dissuade
  • evade
  • filleted
  • forbade
  • granade
  • grenade
  • handmade
  • home-made
  • homemade
  • invade
  • kincade
  • kincaid
  • manmade
  • marcade
  • mccade
  • mcdade
  • mcdaid
  • mcglade
  • mcquade
  • mcquaid
  • mcquaide
  • mislaid
  • obeyed
  • okayed
  • outweighed
  • parade
  • persuade
  • pervade
  • portrayed
  • prepaid
  • remade
  • repaid
  • replayed
  • sauteed
  • surveyed
  • tirade
  • unmade
  • unpaid
  • unswayed
  • upbraid
  • upgrade

  • colonnade
  • disobeyed
  • lemonade
  • masquerade
  • metrodade
  • overpaid
  • overplayed
  • overstayed
  • palisade
  • promenade
  • serenade
  • unafraid
  • underpaid
  • underplayed
  • usaid
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