To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast in the teeth; followed by with or for, before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his intemperance. Yet do not upbraid us with our distress. He upbraided them with their unbelief. Wark 16:14.

To reproach; to chide. God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. James 1:5.

To reprove with severity. Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done - Matthew 17:20.

To bring reproach on. How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!

To treat with contempt. Obs.