Accuse

/əˈkjuːz/

Synonyms for "accuse" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Verb(7 words)

charge allege alleges arraign assert blamed blames

Noun(2 words)

accuse ofallege anathematize anathemizeanimadvert onarraign article attribute blame bookbring accusationbring chargesbring to bookcall to account

Adjective(1 words)

alleged illegality

Strong matches (35)

cast blame uponcast reflection uponcensure chargecharge withcite complaincomplain againstcondemn criminate criticizecry downcry out againstcry out oncry shame upondamn decry denounce denunciatefasten on

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fasten uponfault finger

Verb(5 words)

charged claim cried criminate fingered

Noun(7 words)

charges cries faultfault the systemfingering fingersframe a suspect

Related words (59)

fulminate againsthang something onimpeach imply impugn impute incriminate inculpate indictinform againstinform oninsinuateinveigh againstlay chargeslodge a complaintlodge a plaintpin onprefer chargespress chargesprosecute

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put on reportreflect uponreport reprehend reproach reprobateshake uptake to tasktask taunttaunt withtax twit

Noun(8 words)

german fingerinculpating racketeers scapegoat scapegoats slings suspect suspects

Verb(16 words)

impeach impeached impeaches impeaching implicated impugned incriminate incriminated incriminates inculpated inculpates indict indicted indicting indicts reproaching

Adjective(2 words)

incriminatingsingle component fault

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries

blame chargestate claim

More specific

4 entries

arraign blameformal chargeindict

Collocations

5 entries

false accusationformal accusationpublic accusationserious accusationunfounded accusation

Inflections

3 entries

accused accuses accusing

Derivations

3 entries

accusation accusatory accuser

Translations

92 translations across 62 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κατηγορέω verb (attribute blame to someone)

Arabic

1 entries

اِتَّهَمَ verb (attribute blame to someone)

Asturian

1 entries

acusar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

ittiham etmək verb (attribute blame to someone)
suçlamaq verb (attribute blame to someone)

Belarusian

2 entries

абвінава́ціць verb (attribute blame to someone)
абвінава́чваць verb (attribute blame to someone)

Bulgarian

1 entries

обвиня́вам verb (attribute blame to someone)

Catalan

1 entries

acusar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎫᎯᏍᏗᎭ verb (attribute blame to someone)

Cheyenne

1 entries

-ho'é'ėšé'tov verb (attribute blame to someone)

Chickasaw

1 entries

ishtombohli verb (attribute blame to someone)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

指控 verb (attribute blame to someone)
指責 /指责 verb (attribute blame to someone)
控告 verb (attribute blame to someone)
控訴 /控诉 verb (attribute blame to someone)

Czech

2 entries

obvinit verb (attribute blame to someone)
obviňovat verb (attribute blame to someone)

Danish

2 entries

anklage verb (attribute blame to someone)
beskylde verb (attribute blame to someone)

Dutch

2 entries

aanklagen verb (attribute blame to someone)
beschuldigen verb (attribute blame to someone)

Esperanto

1 entries

akuzi verb (attribute blame to someone)

Finnish

1 entries

syyttää verb (attribute blame to someone)

French

1 entries

accuser verb (attribute blame to someone)

Galician

1 entries

acusar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Georgian

1 entries

დაბრალება verb (attribute blame to someone)

German

2 entries

anklagen verb (attribute blame to someone)
beschuldigen verb (attribute blame to someone)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 verb (attribute blame to someone)

Greek

1 entries

κατηγορώ verb (attribute blame to someone)

Hebrew

1 entries

האשים verb (attribute blame to someone)

Hindi

1 entries

आरोप लगाना verb (attribute blame to someone)

Hungarian

2 entries

megvádol verb (attribute blame to someone)
vádol verb (attribute blame to someone)

Icelandic

1 entries

kæra verb (attribute blame to someone)

Ido

1 entries

akuzar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Indonesian

1 entries

menuduh verb (attribute blame to someone)

Interlingua

1 entries

accusar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Irish

1 entries

coirigh verb (attribute blame to someone)

Italian

1 entries

accusare verb (attribute blame to someone)

Japanese

2 entries

問う verb (attribute blame to someone)
着せる verb (attribute blame to someone)

Kituba

1 entries

funda verb (attribute blame to someone)

Kongo

1 entries

funda verb (attribute blame to someone)

Korean

1 entries

고소하다 verb (attribute blame to someone)

Latin

2 entries

accūsō verb (attribute blame to someone)
crīminor verb (attribute blame to someone)

Lingala

1 entries

funda verb (attribute blame to someone)

Lithuanian

2 entries

apkaltinti verb (attribute blame to someone)
kaltinti verb (attribute blame to someone)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

do winy dawaś verb (attribute blame to someone)
do winy daś verb (attribute blame to someone)

Macedonian

2 entries

обвини verb (attribute blame to someone)
обвинува verb (attribute blame to someone)

Māori

2 entries

whakapae verb (attribute blame to someone)
whakatuaki verb (attribute blame to someone)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

beskylde verb (attribute blame to someone)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

skulde verb (attribute blame to someone)
skylde verb (attribute blame to someone)

Old English

1 entries

sacan verb (attribute blame to someone)

Polish

2 entries

oskarżać verb (attribute blame to someone)
oskarżyć verb (attribute blame to someone)

Portuguese

1 entries

acusar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Romanian

1 entries

acuza verb (attribute blame to someone)

Russian

3 entries

вини́ть verb (attribute blame to someone)
обвини́ть verb (attribute blame to someone)
обвиня́ть verb (attribute blame to someone)

Scots

1 entries

wyte verb (attribute blame to someone)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cuir às leth verb (attribute blame to someone)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

okríviti verb (attribute blame to someone)
optúžiti verb (attribute blame to someone)
окри́вити verb (attribute blame to someone)
опту́жити verb (attribute blame to someone)

Slovak

3 entries

obviniť verb (attribute blame to someone)
obviňovať verb (attribute blame to someone)
obžalovať verb (attribute blame to someone)

Slovene

1 entries

obtožiti verb (attribute blame to someone)

Spanish

1 entries

acusar verb (attribute blame to someone)

Swedish

2 entries

anklaga verb (attribute blame to someone)
beskylla verb (attribute blame to someone)

Tagalog

2 entries

magbintang verb (attribute blame to someone)
pagbintangan verb (attribute blame to someone)

Turkish

1 entries

suçlamak verb (attribute blame to someone)

Ukrainian

2 entries

звинува́тити verb (attribute blame to someone)
звинува́чувати verb (attribute blame to someone)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

wobwinić verb (attribute blame to someone)
wobwinować verb (attribute blame to someone)

Volapük

1 entries

kusadön verb (attribute blame to someone)

West-Frisian

1 entries

beskuldigje verb (attribute blame to someone)

Yiddish

1 entries

באַשולדיקן verb (attribute blame to someone)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why do you accuse my son?

Source: tatoeba (16453)

Don't accuse others for your own failure.

Source: tatoeba (264744)

You can't accuse him of stealing unless you have proof.

Source: tatoeba (268222)

You have done these things, and I kept silence. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

Source: tatoeba (389482)

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