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upbraidings

upbraidings is the plural of upbraiding.

Meaning of upbraiding

Noun

upbraiding (plural upbraidings)

  1. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
    • I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher.1798, Elizabeth Inchbald, Lovers' Vows, Act IV, Scene I
  2. (obsolete) An instance of vomiting
    • The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Anise”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, page 880

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Questions about upbraidings

What is upbraidings the plural of?
Upbraidings is the plural of upbraiding.

Words near upbraidings in the dictionary

  1. upbraiders
  2. upbraidest
  3. upbraideth
  4. upbraiding
  5. upbraidingly
  6. upbraidings
  7. upbraids
  8. upbray
  9. upbrayed
  10. upbraying
  11. upbrays

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