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blame
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- pronunciation:
- bleIm
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- to blame
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
blames, blaming, blamed |
| definition 1: |
to place responsibility on for a mistake or fault.
The neighbor blamed the teenagers for breaking her window.The team blamed its loss on bad luck.- synonyms:
- accuse, charge
- antonyms:
- absolve
- similar words:
- fault, incriminate, inculpate, indict, take to task
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| definition 2: |
to find fault with; criticize sharply.
You're always blaming others, but you never consider your own behavior.- synonyms:
- criticize, fault, objurgate, rap, reprehend, reproach
- antonyms:
- praise
- similar words:
- arraign, berate, castigate, censure, condemn, denounce, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, take to task, upbraid
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| related words: |
accredit, arrogate, rap, tax |
adverb + (v.)blame
hardly, largely, partially, partly, solely, unfairly, wrong, wrongly
(v.)blame
+ adverb
entirely, part, squarely
(v.)blame
+ noun
bombing,
breakup,
collapse,
decline,
defeat,
delay,
demise,
environmentalist,
epidemic,
failings,
failure,
foreigner,
ignorance,
ill,
inability,
killing,
lack,
leak,
media,
mess,
messenger,
militant,
misery,
misfortune,
outbreak,
plight,
racism,
recession,
shame,
shortage,
shortcoming,
slowdown,
unhappiness,
victim,
warming,
woe
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| phrase: |
to blame |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of attributing fault, guilt, or responsibility.
He regretted his blame of his assistant when he realized he'd mislaid the document himself.- synonyms:
- accusation, reproach
- similar words:
- charge, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, indictment
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| definition 2: |
disapproval; condemnation.
It wasn't his fault, but he received the blame nonetheless.- antonyms:
- credit
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| definition 3: |
responsibility.
I accepted the blame for what happened and thought up a plan to make amends.- synonyms:
- fault, liability, onus, responsibility
- similar words:
- burden, guilt, rap
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adjective + (n.)blame
moral
verb + (n.)blame
absolve,
accept,
apportion,
ascribe,
assess,
assign,
attribute,
avoid,
bear,
cast,
deflect,
deserve,
escape,
fix,
heap,
lay,
pin,
place,
point,
put,
share,
shift,
shoulder,
spread,
take
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(n.)blame
+ verb
attach, belong, direct, lie, rest
noun + (n.)blame
assignment, brunt, credit, fault, finger, praise, responsibility, share
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| derivation: |
blamer (n.) |
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