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| 1. | [ verb ] put or pin the blame on | |
| Synonyms: | fault | |
| Related terms: | absolve charge fault | |
| 2. | [ verb ] harass with constant criticism | |
| Synonyms: | pick find_fault | |
| Examples: | "Don't always pick on your little brother" |
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| Related terms: | criticize cynic | |
| 3. | [ verb ] attribute responsibility to | |
| Synonyms: | charge | |
| Examples: | "We blamed the accident on her" "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" |
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| Related terms: | impute ascribe incrimination | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | |
| Synonyms: | inculpation incrimination | |
| Examples: | "his incrimination was based on my testimony" "the police laid the blame on the driver" |
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| Related terms: | accusation self-incrimination accuse incriminate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | |
| Synonyms: | rap | |
| Examples: | "he took the blame for it" "it was a bum rap" |
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| Related terms: | reproach | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] expletives used informally as intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | damned darned goddamned goddam damn everlasting infernal blessed goddamn blamed deuced blasted | |
| Examples: | "he's a blasted idiot" "it's a blamed shame" "not a blessed dime" "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing" "he's a damn fool" "an infernal nuisance" |
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| Related terms: | cursed | |
| Similar spelling: |
Blume Blum Blom Bluhm bloom Blohm Blane blenny Blaney Blaine |
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