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Meaning of Upbraiding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.
  2. An instance of vomiting

Equivalents

العربية التّوبيخ

Examples

“I wish to bring comfort and avoid upbraidings: for your own conscience will reproach you more than the voice of a preacher.”
“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 women”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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