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Blame

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

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Similar meaning 4

Cursed 84% connected

of Curse

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Cursed 84% connected

of Curse

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Curst 84% connected

of Curse

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Curst 84% connected

of Curse

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Broader term 11

Accusal 76% connected

Accusation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Accusation 76% connected

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

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Accuse 76% connected

Accusation.

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Ascribe 76% connected

To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a boo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Criticise 76% connected

To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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Impute 76% connected

To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knock 76% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reproach 76% connected

To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.

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Manner of action 2

Accuse 76% connected

Accusation.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Derivationally related 10

Blamable 74% connected

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blamable 74% connected

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blameful 74% connected

Faulty; meriting blame.

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Blameful 74% connected

Faulty; meriting blame.

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Blameworthy 74% connected

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

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Blameworthy 74% connected

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

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Incrimination 74% connected

The act of incriminating; crimination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Incrimination 74% connected

The act of incriminating; crimination.

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Inculpate 74% connected

To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inculpate 74% connected

To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

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Synonym 14

Blamed 92% connected

of Blame

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blasted 92% connected

of Blast

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Blessed 92% connected

of Bless

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Damn 92% connected

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Damned 92% connected

of Damn

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Darned 92% connected

of Darn

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deuced 92% connected

Devilish; excessive; extreme.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fault 92% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incrimination 92% connected

The act of incriminating; crimination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inculpation 92% connected

Blame; censure; crimination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Infernal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pick 92% connected

To throw; to pitch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rap 92% connected

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Absolve 94% connected

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt…

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Absolve 94% connected

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt…

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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