v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + braid. ] To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And upbraided them with their unbelief. Mark xvi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20 [ 1913 Webster ]

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To treat with contempt. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [ Obs. ] “ Foul upbraid.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]