upbraiding

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UPBRA'IDING, participle present tense Accusing; casting in the teeth; reproaching; reproving. UPBRA'IDING, noun 1. A charging with something wrong or disgraceful; the act of reproaching or reproving. I have too long borne your blunt upbraidings. 2. The reproaches or accusations of conscience.
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