Lexic.us

Definition of Blame

1. Noun. An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed. "The police laid the blame on the driver"

2. Verb. Put or pin the blame on.

3. Adjective. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. "An infernal nuisance"

4. Noun. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. "It was a bum rap"

5. Verb. Harass with constant criticism. "Don't always pick on your little brother"

6. Verb. Attribute responsibility to. "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

Definition of Blame

1. v. t. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

2. n. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.

Definition of Blame

1. Noun. Censure. ¹

2. Noun. Culpability for something negative or undesirable. ¹

3. Noun. Responsibility for something meriting censure. ¹

4. Verb. To censure (someone or something); to criticize. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blame

1. to find fault with [v BLAMED, BLAMING, BLAMES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blame

blahdy blah blahed blahg blahgs blahing blahs blain blains blaise blaize

blakey blakeys blam blamable blamably blame (current term) blame America first blame Canada blame game blame games

blameable blameably blamed blameful blamefully blameless blamelessly blamelessness blamelessnesses blamer

Literary usage of Blame

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"Surely, then, all the world are inexcusable, and wholly to blame, for their continuance in sin, and justly deserve eternal damnation at the hands of God, ..."

2. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"Surely, then, all the world are inexcusable, and wholly to blame, for their continuance in sin, and justly deserve eternal damnation at the hands of God, ..."

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