Word Meanings - BLAME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.

Additional info about word: BLAME

LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. She . . . blamed her noble blood. Spenser. To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BLAME)

• Animadversion
• Rebuke
• disapproval
• censure
• blame
• Censure
• Blame
• stricture
• reproach
• reprobate
• inculpate
• reprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• chide
• berate
• scold
• upbraid
• remonstrance
• rebuke
• reprimand
• dispiaise
• Chide
• Rate
• trounce
• admonish
• objurgate
• Condemn
• convict
• cast
• denounce
• doom
• sentence
• Impugn
• Gainsay
• controvert
• oppose
• deny
• attack

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BLAME)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction

Related words: (words related to BLAME)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• ADMONISHER
  One who admonishes.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• DENOUNCE
  denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim . Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• GAINSAY
  To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• CONVICTION
  A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone. 3. The act of convincing of
• REPREHENDER
  One who reprehends.
• CONDEMNER
  One who condemns or censures.
• OBJURGATE
  To chide; to reprove. (more info) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See
• GAINSAYER
  One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PRECONDEMN
  To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.