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Upbraiding


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.