Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS, upp up + bregdan to
   draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[eth]a to draw,
   brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid.
   See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]
   1. 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.

            And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.
                                                  14.

            Vet do not Upbraid us our distress.   --Shak.

   2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

            Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
            his mighty works were done.           --Matt. xi. 20

            How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --
      with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.

   Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

Source : WordNet®

upbraiding
     n : a severe scolding [syn: {castigation}, {earful}, {bawling
         out}, {chewing out}, {going-over}, {dressing down}]