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View thesaurus entry = responsible, guilty, liable, faulty, in the wrong, at fault, culpable, answerable, reprehensible, blameworthy, reproachable, deserving of censure, reprovable
blame (bleɪm
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Definitions
noun
- responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability
- an expression of condemnation; reproof
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See be to blame
verb
- usually foll by for to attribute responsibility to; accuse ⇒
I blame him for the failure
- usually foll by on to ascribe responsibility for (something) to ⇒
I blame the failure on him
- to find fault with
Derived Forms
ˈblamable, ˈblameable adjectiveˈblamably, ˈblameably adverb
Word Origin
C12: from Old French blasmer, ultimately from Late Latin blasphēmāre to blasphemeSponsored Links
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