If you upbraid someone, you tell them that they have done something wrong and criticize them for doing it.
例句
His mother summoned him, upbraided him, wept and prayed...他母親把他叫到跟前訓(xùn)斥了一番，又哭哭啼啼地向上帝禱告。His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.他妻子開(kāi)始指責(zé)他不照顧孩子。