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blameful

blame·ful
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bleym-fuh l]
    • /ˈbleɪm fəl/
    • /ˈbleɪm.fʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bleym-fuh l]
    • /ˈbleɪm fəl/

Definitions of blameful word

  • adjective blameful deserving blame; guilty 3
  • adjective blameful finding or imputing blame; blaming 3
  • adjective blameful deserving to be blamed; blameworthy 3
  • adjective blameful deserving blame; blameworthy: blameful neglect. 1
  • adjective blameful Archaic. imputing blame; accusing. 1
  • adjective blameful blameworthy. 0
See all 6 definitions of blameful

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Origin of blameful

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at blame, -ful

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Blameful

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Blameful

blameful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

blameful usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for blameful

adj blameful

  • at fault — If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.
  • blamable — that deserves blame; culpable
  • censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
  • culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
  • guilty — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
All 5 Synonyms of blameful

Antonyms for blameful

adj blameful

adjective blameful

All 2 Antonyms of blameful

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