See upbraid on Wiktionary
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"roman": "ukór",
"sense": "The act of reproaching",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "уко́р"
}
],
"word": "upbraid"
}
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{
"called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425uppercase_tags",
"msg": "upbraid/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag Northern-England not in or uppercase_tags",
"path": [],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "upbraid",
"trace": ""
}
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