VERB | communication | blame, fault | put or pin the blame on |
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communication | blame, find fault, pick | harass with constant criticism | |
cognition | blame, charge | attribute responsibility to | |
NOUN | communication | blame, incrimination, inculpation | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed |
communication | blame, rap | a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | |
ADJECTIVE | all | blame, blasted, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | expletives used informally as intensifiers |
Sounds | bley'm | |
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Rhymes | acclaim ... tame: 34 rhymes with eym... |
Meaning | expletives used informally as intensifiers. | |
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Examples |
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Synonyms | blasted, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | |
Broader | cursed, curst | deserving a curse |
Spanish | maldito, puto | |
Catalan | maleït |
Meaning | An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed. | |
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Example | "the police laid the blame on the driver" | |
Synonyms | incrimination, inculpation | |
Narrower | self-incrimination | An accusation that incriminates yourself |
Broader | accusation, accusal | A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person |
Spanish | acriminación, incriminación, inculpación | |
Catalan | incriminació, inculpació | |
Verbs | blame | attribute responsibility to |
blame | put or pin the blame on |
Meaning | A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. | |
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Example | "he took the blame for it" | |
Synonym | rap | |
Broader | reproach | A mild rebuke or criticism |
Spanish | acusación falsa, acusación, culpa | |
Catalan | acusació, culpa | |
Adjectives | blameworthy | deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
Verbs | blame | harass with constant criticism |
Meaning | put or pin the blame on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
Synonym | fault | |
Broader | charge, accuse | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
Opposite | absolve, free | let off the hook |
Spanish | culpar | |
Catalan | culpar, faltar, mancar | |
Adjectives | blamable, blameable | deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
Nouns | blame | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed |
Meaning | harass with constant criticism. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | find fault, pick | |
Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
Spanish | buscar defectos, culpar, meterse con | |
Catalan | culpar | |
Nouns | blame | a reproach for some lapse or misdeed |
Meaning | Attribute responsibility to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "We blamed the accident on her" | |
Synonym | charge | |
Broader | impute, ascribe, assign, attribute | Attribute or credit to |
Spanish | culpar | |
Catalan | culpar | |
Adjectives | blamable, blameable | deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
Nouns | blame | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed |
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