upbraid

Related to upbraid: caliphate

upbraid (someone or something) for (doing) (something)

To scold, reprove, or criticize someone or a group or organization for some action, error, or wrongdoing. They won't so much as upbraid their child for his bad behavior. It looks like the United Nations is finally willing to formally upbraid the country for disobeying the international treaty.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

upbraid someone for something

to scold someone for doing something. The judge upbraided David severely for his crime. Walter upbraided his son for denting the car.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • upbraid (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
  • upbraid for
  • rebuke
  • rebuke (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
  • rebuke for
  • reprimand
  • reprimand (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
  • reprimand for
  • reproach (someone or something) for (doing) (something)
  • tear someone off a strip
References in periodicals archive
ANKARA (TAP) - Secretary of State John Kerry will upbraid Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan over his description of Zionism as a crime against humanity.
"House budget chief Jim Pitts is expected to upbraid Gov.
The best reason to bring McChrystal home for consultations Wednesday is not to upbraid him about his loose tongue -- it's to press him on whether the strategy he sold the president is working.
used rare and decidedly undiplomatic language on Tuesday to upbraid Israel after it announced plans to build 1,600 new housing units in a Jewish neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
He did not take the opportunity to upbraid Pinochet for any of his repressive policies.
(13) While some contemporary historical and religious scholars might argue that black Baptists took these genealogical tables too literally, these same scholars would do well to upbraid themselves for their continued and shameful practice of reading Africa and non-enslaved Africans and their many contributions out of history and the Bible.
But the priest's purpose was to upbraid sinners by referring to foul deeds in appropriately foul language; therefore, his morals should not be impugned.
Farlow to upbraid a few colleagues when he addressed the question of physiology in The Dinosauria (1990, University of California Press).
No-one is entitled to upbraid Marcus Trescothick for retiring prematurely from international cricket due to a stress-related illness.
THE Football Association clearly harbours a desperate desire to fill its days if it feels the need to upbraid Middlesbrough and Everton for the ``brawl'' at The Riverside on Sunday.
She would approach senior female staffers in the Mess and upbraid them for not wearing stockings like a lady should.
It's fair to upbraid Doug Ellis for his stewardship of some aspects of Aston Villa but I would have thought most Villa fans prefer the notion of talented youngsters being imbued with the privilege of wearing the Claret and Blue, rather than moody mercenaries who are just passing through.
During the film, whenever Charly's co-workers (who are a mean-spirited crew) make a mistake, they inevitably quip, "I pulled a Charly Gordon." The day after we saw the movie, a student knocked over a display in the back of a classroom and, as the teacher began to upbraid him, he turned his palms outward and shrugged.
Heaven knows there are a thousand legitimate grievances with which to upbraid the Prime Minister.
He has indeed been known to upbraid women MPs for wearing trousers in the House of Commons rather than skirts.