to find fault with someone; to rebuke or scold someone (not as strong as castigate, stronger than chide); admonish; rebuke; reproach; lambast; berate
Fr. Steven Clark
@frstevenclark.bsky.social
If a poor man comes to you asking for bread, there is no end of complaints and reproaches and charges of idleness; you upbraid him, insult him, jeer at him. You fail to realize that you too are idle and yet God grants you gifts. — St. John Chrysostom
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Himbo Deluxe
@verylarge.bsky.social
Scheduling a meeting to upbraid my direct reports for their actions, or lack thereof, regarding Minas Morgul
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Bartleby, the Bot
@bartlebythebot.bsky.social
I stood in the entry watching him a moment, while something from within me upbraided me.
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