What's the difference between reprimand and upbraid?

Reprimand


Definition:

  • (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
  • (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
  • (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pardew apologised for his behaviour on Saturday night and the FA is awaiting the referee's report before deciding on action against the 52-year-old, who has been fined £100,000 by Newcastle and severely reprimanded by the club .
  • (2) The newspaper reported that the claims "would appear to be at odds with parliamentary rules" after the former Labour minister Tony McNulty was reprimanded for allowing his parents to live in his second home, which was subsidised by the taxpayer.
  • (3) According to sources, the incident prompted James Harding , the director of BBC News, to send a note reprimanding Paxman for his public criticism of the corporation.
  • (4) It is clearly an option, and it is something that the government considers, but the way to take that option away is for the senators to pass those bills.” Muir said he did not respond well to those kinds of threats, saying that union leaders who spoke to employees in such a way would be reprimanded.
  • (5) It would be easy to efficiently cut him down with the word “rapist”, particularly when I will not face any reprimands for my own imperfect behaviour during the relationship.
  • (6) Teachers report using both reprimands and encouragement as strategies to reduce off-task behavior in the classroom.
  • (7) It "failed to recognise the significance" of damage to a gas fracking well in 2011 and did not report it to government officials for six months, leading to a stern reprimand by the energy minister, papers released under the Freedom of Information Act show.
  • (8) Reprimands proved superior to No Feedback in reducing off-task behavior, but Encouragement did not.
  • (9) She has allegedly received several disciplinary reprimands, including the complaint that she did not respond to a 5:30am wake-up call.
  • (10) I have not spoken much about these things, and I was reprimanded for that.
  • (11) "HE [Her Excellency Joyce Banda] called me this morning and reprimanded me for issuing the statement without consulting Steve, my boss," the message says.
  • (12) There was even an appeal judge reprimanded over a driving ban but his name seems to have slipped off the bottom of the 2012 list .
  • (13) A woman captured on video slapping her teenage son for taking part in the Baltimore riots, a reprimand that went viral online, won praise from the city’s police commissioner and was heralded on social media as “mum of the year”.
  • (14) The wanton slaughter of two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq and the severe and even lethal torture of Afghan detainees generated, at worst, shockingly short jail time for the killers and, usually, little more than letters of reprimand.
  • (15) Jeremy Paxman was reprimanded by the BBC's director of news over negative comments he made about the corporation before the announcement of his departure from Newsnight , it has emerged.
  • (16) They were subsequently informed that the victim responded with interpersonal aggression or with a verbal reprimand.
  • (17) He appeared to reprimand Kennedy for speaking out in a public meeting rather than raising her concerns during the private consultations that take place with major investors.
  • (18) The FSA warned last month that City firms faced fines and public reprimands unless they could name the individuals responsible for ensuring clients' money was kept separate from overall funds.
  • (19) Only those with no deductions at all, even for a minor reprimand, are allowed to go on an end-of-term trip.
  • (20) The results indicate that the manner in which reprimands are delivered is critical in influencing children's misbehavior, but the role of nurturance during disciplinary situations is less clear.

Upbraid


Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
  • (v. t.) To treat with contempt.
  • (v. t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
  • (v. i.) To utter upbraidings.
  • (n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is easier, after all, to upbraid a Chinese writer from afar than to risk public scorn and official disapproval in America by upholding the rights of Bradley Manning .
  • (2) Twitter user @GreenEpidemic ironically upbraided @JasonZubris for doubting the provenance of the message, pointing out that the sender promised the text was “highly legitimate” .
  • (3) Michael Gove's complaints about poor writing standards in English classrooms have been put in perspective after a 10-year-old upbraided him for grammatical inconsistencies in this week's spelling, punctuation and grammar tests.
  • (4) The 10-minute encounter, in which Paxman upbraided the comedian because he "can't be arsed to vote", became an unlikely YouTube hit, with 10 million views – nearly 20 times Newsnight's average audience.
  • (5) In the past, the US has upbraided both allies and adversaries over the indiscriminate use of aerial strikes.
  • (6) On Tuesday, Comey upbraided Clinton and her staff with a lengthy and scathing description of what agents had found on her private email servers.
  • (7) At this point in the story the principal character is upbraided by one of her superiors for having a transcendent experience, but keeping it to herself.
  • (8) He could have been upbraiding his earlier, over-promising self.
  • (9) Photograph: Kane Skennar It begins with vampires Viago (Waititi) and Vladislav (Clement) upbraiding their flatmate Deacon (Jonny Brugh) for slovenliness around their shared home.
  • (10) The latest development has seen a Romney aide furiously upbraiding journalists attending an event with Romney in Poland for wanting to ask questions of the candidate, telling journalists to "Kiss my ass."
  • (11) Meanwhile, an apparently penitent Mr Clinton made his most emotional appeal so far for the mercy and forgiveness of the American people, upbraiding himself as a sinner and issuing fresh apologies for his record of sex and lies with Ms Lewinsky.
  • (12) The frustrations of his campaign brains trust spilled over when the party’s pollster Mark Textor upbraided the electoral commission on social media for counting too slowly.
  • (13) One of the first things he did, establishing beyond doubt that things had changed, was to upbraid the mainstream media.
  • (14) Only last week he upbraided the comedian and actor, Russell Brand (video) on air for admitting that he has never voted and glibly predicting a revolution ("it is totally going to happen").
  • (15) I apologise for going on so long about my own ailments – a dreadful case of "anecdotal evidence", for which I am continually upbraided by clinical purists.
  • (16) In particular, the judge Goolam Meeran upbraided the UN, "the principal agency promoting the observance of human rights norms and practices and respect for the rule of law", for having "condoned such humiliating and degrading treatment of a member of its own staff".
  • (17) In a letter released on Tuesday night, May upbraided Gove for the Department for Education's handling of allegations regarding Islamists in Birmingham schools for what she called "the inability of local and central government to tackle the problem effectively".
  • (18) He once wrote: "The robust tabloids flashed the Green Light, were promptly denounced by other newspapers for their gaucherie or vulgarity or lèse majesté, and then were echoed by the very newspapers who had so severely upbraided them for their frankness."
  • (19) The Khans toured TV studios, explaining that grief had overwhelmed Ghazala when she saw a photo of her son – and then the couple calmly upbraided the Republican nominee’s character.
  • (20) She is shouted at by family members for being late and not spending enough time with each client, then upbraided by the company because of the complaints it receives.