umbraid

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verb

To upbraid.

OriginMiddle English umbreiden →
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Meanings

verbumbraid (third-person singular simple present umbraids, present participle umbraiding, simple past and past participle umbraided)

present singular third person umbraids · participle present umbraiding · participle past umbraided · past umbraided

  1. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo upbraid.
nounumbraid (plural umbraids)

plural umbraids

  1. archaicdialectalContention; strife.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishumbreiden“to scold, reproach”
  2. Englishumbraid

From Middle English umbreiden (“to scold, reproach”). By surface analysis, um- + braid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with umbraid

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Anagrams

Rimbaud
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APA

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MLA

“umbraid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbraid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbraid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbraid.

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