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.-to reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.-to treat with contempt.-to object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.-to utter upbraidings.-the act of reproaching; contumely.