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- pronunciation:
kyuz
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
accuses, accusing, accused |
| definition: |
to charge with a crime or wrongdoing.
He was caught by the police and accused of murder.His sister accused him of reading her diary.
- synonyms:
- blame, charge, criminate, denounce, fault, incriminate, inculpate, reprehend, reprove, tax
- antonyms:
- absolve, exculpate, exonerate
- similar words:
- allege, arraign, defame, frame, impeach, implicate, impugn, impute, indict, libel, malign, rebuke, recriminate, reproach, slander, sue, upbraid, vilify
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| related words: |
confront, denounce, report |
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| derivations: |
accusingly (adv.), accuser (n.) |
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