upbraid > define

verb

• Express criticism towards.
  • usage: "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"
  • synonyms: reproach

• (v.i.) To utter upbraidings.
• (v.t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
• (v.t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
• (v.t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
• (n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.
• (v.t.) To treat with contempt.