Blameful

Blameful
Blameful Blame"ful, a. 1. Faulty; meriting blame. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- {Blame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Blame"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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  • blameful — I adjective abject, accusable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, censorious, censurable, censured, chargeable, compunctious, condemnable, condemned, contemptible, contemptuous, corrupt, criminal, criminous, criticized, culpable, damnatory, decried …   Law dictionary

  • blameful — [blām′fəl] adj. 1. finding or imputing blame; blaming 2. deserving to be blamed; blameworthy blamefully adv. blamefulness n …   English World dictionary

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  • blameful — adjective Date: 14th century blamable • blamefully adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • blameful — adjective blameworthy …   Wiktionary

  • blameful — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Deserving blame: blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible. Idiom: at fault. See PRAISE …   English dictionary for students

  • blameful — adj. blameworthy, at fault …   English contemporary dictionary

  • blameful — blame·ful …   English syllables

  • blameful — blame•ful [[t]ˈbleɪm fəl[/t]] adj. deserving blame; blameworthy • Etymology: 1350–1400 blame′ful•ly, adv. blame′ful•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

  • blameful — /ˈbleɪmfəl/ (say blaymfuhl) adjective deserving blame. –blamefully, adverb –blamefulness, noun …  

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