Definition: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
Usage: he took the blame for it; it was a bum rap
Synonyms: incrimination, inculpation, blame
Definition: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
Usage: his incrimination was based on my testimony; the police laid the blame on the driver
Similar words: accusal, accusation
Definition: a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
Definition: attribute responsibility to
Usage: We blamed the accident on her; The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
Similar words: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
Definition: attribute or credit to
Usage: We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare; People impute great cleverness to cats
Definition: put or pin the blame on
Definition: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
Usage: he charged the director with indifference
Synonyms: blame, pick, find fault
Definition: harass with constant criticism
Usage: Don't always pick on your little brother
Similar words: criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock
Definition: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
Usage: The paper criticized the new movie; Don't knock the food--it's free
Synonyms: damn, damned, darned, deuced, infernal, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, blame, blamed, blasted, blessed
Definition: expletives used informally as intensifiers
Usage: he's a blasted idiot; it's a blamed shame; a blame cold winter; 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 (or goddam or goddamned) fool; a deuced idiot; an infernal nuisance
Definition: deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
Usage: villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed; cursed with four daughter; not a cursed drop; his cursed stupidity; I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning