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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 |
adverb + (v.)accuse
angrily, falsely, openly, publicly, repeatedly, unfairly, unjustly, wrongfully, wrongly
(v.)accuse
+ adverb
deliberately, illegally, improperly, sexually
(v.)accuse
+ noun
abuse,
adultery,
assault,
atrocity,
beating,
bias,
bombing,
bribe,
complicity,
conspiracy,
corruption,
crime,
espionage,
felony,
fraud,
genocide,
harassment,
hypocrisy,
kidnapping,
killing,
military,
misconduct,
molestation,
murder,
opponent,
racism,
rape,
raping,
rebel,
rival,
shooting,
spy,
spying,
terrorism,
theft,
treason,
violation,
witch,
witchcraft,
wrongdoing
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| derivations: |
accusingly (adv.), accuser (n.) |
The word accuse
contains the following part:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accede, accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, acceptation, access, accessible, accession, accident, accidental, acclaim, acclamation, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accredit, accrual, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
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