noun
- 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"
- synonyms: incrimination, inculpation
- A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
- usage: "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
- synonyms: rap
verb
- Put or pin the blame on.
- synonyms: fault
- Harass with constant criticism.
- usage: "Don't always pick on your little brother"
- synonyms: find fault, pick
- Attribute responsibility to.
- usage: "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
- synonyms: charge
adjective
- 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"
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