Synonyms for Up-braiding:

• adj.

  •abusive (adjective)
  • reproachful,
  • defamatory,
  • sarcastic,
  • derisive,
  • opprobrious,
  • insolent,
  • Castigating,
  • offensive,
  • vituperative,
  • censorious,
  • libelous,
  • rude,
  • sharp-tongued,
  • Traducing,
  • Reviling,
  • disparaging,
  • insulting,
  • Obloquious,
  • scurrilous,
  • scathing,
  • Maligning,
  • slanderous,
  • Vilifying,
  • contumelious,
  • Calumniating.

• n.

  •abuse (noun)
  • scolding,
  • invective,
  • insults,
  • vilification,
  • castigation,
  • opprobrium,
  • bad-mouthing,
  • tirade,
  • Knifing,
  • libel,
  • curse,
  • obloquy,
  • vituperation,
  • swearing,
  • revilement,
  • upbraiding,
  • quinine,
  • defamation,
  • curses,
  • kicking around,
  • hosing,
  • slander,
  • derision,
  • put-down,
  • Signifying,
  • pushing around.
  •admonition (noun)
  • rebuke,
  • dressing down,
  • berating,
  • talking to,
  • reproval.
  •dressing-down (noun)
  • tongue-lashing,
  • bawling-out,
  • chiding,
  • lambasting.
  •rebuke (noun)
  • objurgation,
  • refusal,
  • slap in the face,
  • ostracism,
  • talking-to,
  • reproof,
  • snub,
  • earful,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • lesson,
  • condemnation,
  • repulse,
  • rebuff,
  • disapproval,
  • remonstrance,
  • admonition,
  • correction,
  • affliction,
  • reprehension,
  • admonishment,
  • punishment,
  • rating,
  • hard time,
  • chewing-out,
  • rap,
  • telling-off,
  • comeuppance,
  • going-over,
  • dressing-down,
  • row,
  • expostulation.
  •revilement (noun)
  • billingsgate,
  • railing,
  • scurrilousness,
  • scurrility,
  • abuse,
  • contumely.
  •tongue-lashing (noun)
  • diatribe.
  •vituperation (noun)
  • verbal abuse,
  • criticism.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • zing,
  • trash,
  • cut to the quick,
  • hurl brickbat,
  • discount,
  • minimize,
  • persecute,
  • upbraid,
  • offend,
  • insult,
  • give a black eye,
  • slam,
  • revile,
  • do a number on,
  • oppress,
  • decry,
  • scold,
  • ride,
  • vituperate,
  • signify,
  • rip up,
  • cap,
  • belittle,
  • pick on,
  • blow off,
  • cuss out,
  • swear at,
  • calumniate,
  • dump on,
  • backbite,
  • defame,
  • cut down,
  • smear,
  • slap,
  • derogate,
  • sound,
  • sling mud,
  • rag on,
  • tear apart,
  • vilify,
  • bad-mouth,
  • knock,
  • nag,
  • run down,
  • bash.
  •admonish (verb)
  • hoist,
  • ding,
  • come down hard on,
  • Forewarn,
  • advise,
  • exhort,
  • give a piece of one's mind,
  • reprove,
  • sit on,
  • draw the line,
  • call down,
  • enjoin,
  • call on the carpet,
  • notice,
  • growl,
  • warn,
  • glue,
  • check,
  • talk to,
  • rap on knuckles,
  • give a going over,
  • jack up,
  • counsel,
  • tell a thing or two,
  • speak to,
  • slap on wrist.
  •bawl out (verb)
  • have words.
  •berate (verb)
  • jaw,
  • tongue-lash,
  • rate,
  • rail at,
  • chew,
  • jump all over,
  • scorch,
  • bawl out,
  • eat out,
  • give what for,
  • blister,
  • give one hell.
  •blame (verb)
  • roast,
  • find fault with,
  • lay a bad trip on,
  • saddle,
  • point the finger,
  • pass the buck,
  • express disapprobation,
  • finger,
  • let one have it,
  • reprehend,
  • condemn,
  • blow the whistle on,
  • lay to,
  • disapprove,
  • lower the boom,
  • attribute,
  • denounce,
  • blast,
  • hold responsible,
  • ascribe,
  • skin,
  • Denunciate,
  • indict,
  • lay at one's door,
  • tax,
  • jump down one's throat,
  • charge,
  • impute,
  • stick it to,
  • climb all over,
  • frame.
  •castigate (verb)
  • lambaste,
  • discipline,
  • scourge,
  • pummel,
  • baste,
  • excoriate,
  • whip,
  • lean on,
  • rail,
  • dress down,
  • beat,
  • drub,
  • punish,
  • lay out,
  • flog,
  • penalize,
  • flay,
  • cane,
  • scathe,
  • come down on,
  • thrash,
  • lash,
  • correct,
  • drag over the coals,
  • scarify,
  • read the riot act.
  •censure (verb)
  • impugn,
  • cut up,
  • denigrate,
  • disparage,
  • deprecate,
  • ostracize,
  • animadvert,
  • asperse,
  • look askance,
  • read out,
  • judge,
  • pick apart,
  • incriminate,
  • get after,
  • attack,
  • remonstrate,
  • pull apart,
  • contemn,
  • cavil,
  • exprobate,
  • carp at.
  •chasten (verb)
  • humble,
  • fulminate against,
  • repress,
  • try,
  • abase,
  • objurgate,
  • have on the carpet,
  • curb,
  • soften,
  • tame,
  • restrain,
  • cow,
  • subdue,
  • afflict.
  •chastise (verb)
  • spank,
  • lay into,
  • ferule,
  • slap down,
  • Skelp.
  •chide (verb)
  • take down,
  • slap on the wrist,
  • find fault,
  • take down a peg,
  • give a hard time,
  • monish,
  • tick off.
  •condemn (verb)
  • sentence,
  • pronounce,
  • doom,
  • proscribe,
  • damn,
  • depreciate,
  • reprobate,
  • point finger at,
  • send up,
  • name,
  • send up the river,
  • find guilty,
  • blow whistle on,
  • pin it on,
  • let have it,
  • adjudge,
  • pass sentence on,
  • put away,
  • thumbs down on,
  • hang something on.
  •denounce (verb)
  • declaim,
  • charge with,
  • implicate,
  • stigmatize,
  • expose,
  • brand,
  • boycott,
  • threaten,
  • inveigh against,
  • show up,
  • impeach,
  • blacklist,
  • prosecute,
  • arraign,
  • adjudicate,
  • accuse,
  • rat.
  •dress down (verb)
  • carpet,
  • tear into,
  • rake over coals.
  •excoriate (verb)
  • slash.
  •fulminate (verb)
  • fume,
  • menace,
  • blow up,
  • explode,
  • thunder,
  • protest,
  • execrate,
  • intimidate,
  • rage,
  • bluster.
  •inveigh (verb)
  • object,
  • work over,
  • crack down on,
  • kick,
  • except,
  • expostulate,
  • rip into,
  • sound off,
  • have at,
  • recriminate,
  • go after.
  •lambaste (verb)
  • pan,
  • lash into,
  • pound,
  • wallop,
  • assail,
  • pelt,
  • HIT,
  • hammer,
  • smother,
  • trim,
  • shellac,
  • cudgel,
  • strike,
  • bludgeon.
  •lash (verb)
  • lampoon,
  • fulminate,
  • belabor,
  • satirize,
  • ridicule.
  •nag (verb)
  • hound,
  • Importune,
  • pick at,
  • plague,
  • torment,
  • nudge,
  • hector,
  • urge,
  • prod,
  • heckle,
  • dog,
  • harry,
  • tease,
  • bait,
  • fuss,
  • needle,
  • provoke,
  • annoy,
  • badger,
  • eat,
  • pester,
  • irk,
  • bug,
  • work on,
  • worry,
  • goad,
  • take it out on,
  • irritate,
  • egg,
  • vex.
  •rail (verb)
  • rant,
  • inveigh,
  • complain,
  • objurate,
  • vociferate.
  •rebuke (verb)
  • jawbone,
  • carp on,
  • rip,
  • zap,
  • rake,
  • read,
  • pay,
  • oppose,
  • fry.
  •reprimand (verb)
  • give the dickens,
  • give piece of one's mind.
  •reproach (verb)
  • call to task,
  • lay on,
  • discredit,
  • give the devil,
  • give comeuppance.
  •ride (verb)
  • haunt,
  • torture,
  • domineer,
  • harass,
  • be autocratic,
  • tyrannize,
  • grip,
  • override,
  • be arbitrary,
  • enslave.
  •scold (verb)
  • preach,
  • taunt,
  • keep aft.
  •taunt (verb)
  • lout,
  • disdain,
  • deride,
  • flout,
  • quiz,
  • bother,
  • jeer,
  • scoff at,
  • outrage,
  • dig,
  • scorn,
  • mock,
  • scout,
  • twitter,
  • sneer,
  • affront,
  • tantalize,
  • jab,
  • swipe at,
  • rally.
  •tell off (verb)
  • give tongue-lashing.
  •upbraid (verb)
  • chide,
  • light into,
  • chasten,
  • lecture,
  • admonish,
  • criticize,
  • tell off,
  • reprimand,
  • give a talking-to,
  • chew out,
  • rake over the coals,
  • ream,
  • chastise,
  • lay down the law,
  • castigate,
  • censure,
  • put down,
  • berate,
  • blame,
  • reproach,
  • jump on,
  • take to task.
  •vituperate (verb)
  • traduce,
  • yell at,
  • malign,
  • bark at.

Antonyms for Up-braiding:

• adj.

  • abusive
    kind, respectful, complimentary, nice.

• n.

  • abuse
    commendation, help, respect, approval, acclamation, adulation, preservation, flattery, plaudit, exaltation, aid.
  • rebuke
    endorsement, sanction, encouragement, exoneration.

• v.

  • abuse
    defend, revere, flatter, honor, prize, exalt, cherish, care for, adulate, preserve, benefit, protect, treasure, esteem, commend, acclaim.
  • admonish
    applaud, permit, allow, extol.
  • berate
    hail.
  • blame
    endorse, thank, absolve, exonerate, free, acquit, exculpate.
  • castigate
    lose, guard, assist, surrender, reward.
  • censure
    agree.
  • chasten
    embolden, let go, uplift, comfort, animate, boost, release, inspirit, promote, encourage, cheer.
  • condemn
    discharge, clear, build up, set free, pardon.
  • denounce
    cover, ignore, welcome.
  • fulminate
    be happy, support.
  • inveigh
    uphold, accept.
  • jaw
    be quiet.
  • lambaste
    fail.
  • nag
    discourage, soothe, assuage, make happy, please, delight, dissuade.
  • taunt
    admire.
  • upbraid
    forgive, compliment, approve, praise, laud.