Censorious people delight in casting blame.
Source: tatoeba (1994)
Blame
//bleɪm//
Synonyms for "blame" (348 found)
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Closest matches (70)
Verb(24 words)
Strong matches (104)
Verb(44 words)
Related words (174)
flayingfulminate againstfulminationfustigationgoddamnedhang onhold againsthold to accounthonorimpeachimpeachmentimplicationimpugnimputationimputeimpute toincriminateincriminationindictindictment
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informationinnuendoinsinuationinveigh againstknocklawsuitlay tolaying of chargesliabilitymisdeedobjurgationonusopprobriumpalaetiologypanpilloryingpin onpinpointplace uponplacementplaintpoint toprosecutionput downraprebukerecriminaterecriminationreferrefer toreference toreprimandreprobatereprobationresponsibilitysaddle onsaddle withsaddlingscoldsentenceset downset down tosettle uponshake upshortcomingskinskinning alivestricturesuittasktaxingthanktrue billunspoken accusationupbraidveiled accusationvituperationwrong
Verb(88 words)
forgabfoulfulminateget atget downget upgive somebody a piece of one's mindgive somebody what-forgive someone a speaking tohold someone accountablehold someone responsiblehold to accountinculpateinfamizeinveighkeelhaullace intolambastelampoonlay at someone's door
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lay intolay onlay something at the feet oflecturelibellight intomalignmaulmonsterizemuddyobjurgatepanpatronizepickpoint the bonepooh-poohput it toput someone in their placeput someone on blastput the blame onrateread somebody the riot actrebukereprehendreprimandreproverevilerip intorubbishsavagescandalscoldshit talkshit-talkskewerslagslamslanderslatesmearsmirchspatterspeak ill ofspotstabstainsullytake to tasktalk shittalk shitetalk trashtarnishtear intotell offthreaptick offtorchtoshtraducetrash-talktwitunflatterupbraidvilipendvillainizevituperatewitewrong
Noun(4 words)
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127 translations across 55 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μέμφομαι verb (place blame upon)
- ὄνομαι verb (place blame upon)
Arabic
4 entries- لوم noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- لَوْم noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- مَلَامَة noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- لام verb (place blame upon)
Armenian
2 entries- մեղք noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- մեղադրել verb (place blame upon)
Belarusian
2 entries- абвінава́чваць verb (place blame upon)
- вінава́ціць verb (place blame upon)
Bengali
2 entries- এলজাম দেওয়া verb (place blame upon)
- দোষ দেওয়া verb (place blame upon)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вина noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- виня verb (place blame upon)
- обвинявам verb (place blame upon)
Catalan
2 entries- culpa noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- culpar verb (place blame upon)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏚᎯᏍᏗᎭ verb (place blame upon)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 責備 /责备 noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- 怪 verb (place blame upon)
- 責備 /责备 verb (place blame upon)
- 責怪 /责怪 verb (place blame upon)
Czech
2 entries- obviňovat verb (place blame upon)
- vinit verb (place blame upon)
Danish
3 entries- bebrejde verb (place blame upon)
- dadle verb (place blame upon)
- skylde verb (place blame upon)
Dutch
4 entries- schuld noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- beschuldigen verb (place blame upon)
- verwijten verb (place blame upon)
- wijten verb (place blame upon)
Esperanto
3 entries- kulpigi verb (place blame upon)
- mallaŭdi verb (place blame upon)
- riproĉi verb (place blame upon)
Estonian
1 entries- süüdistama verb (place blame upon)
Finnish
2 entries- syyllisyys noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- syyttää verb (place blame upon)
French
4 entries- blâme noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- coupabilité noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- blâmer verb (place blame upon)
- reprocher verb (place blame upon)
Galician
4 entries- botar a culpa verb (place blame upon)
- culpabilizar verb (place blame upon)
- culpar verb (place blame upon)
- inculpar verb (place blame upon)
German
3 entries- Schuld noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- beschuldigen verb (place blame upon)
- verantwortlich machen verb (place blame upon)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 verb (place blame upon)
Hebrew
2 entries- אשמה noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- האשים verb (place blame upon)
Hungarian
3 entries- hibáztat verb (place blame upon)
- kárhoztat verb (place blame upon)
- okol verb (place blame upon)
Ido
1 entries- blamar verb (place blame upon)
Indonesian
2 entries- menuduh verb (place blame upon)
- menyalahi verb (place blame upon)
Ingrian
1 entries- soolata verb (place blame upon)
Italian
4 entries- colpa noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- biasimare verb (place blame upon)
- dare torto verb (place blame upon)
- incolpare verb (place blame upon)
Japanese
2 entries- のせいにする verb (place blame upon)
- 責める verb (place blame upon)
Khmer
1 entries- ទោស noun (state of having caused a bad event)
Korean
4 entries- 비난 noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- 원망 noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- 탓 noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- 비난하다 verb (place blame upon)
Latin
1 entries- culpō verb (place blame upon)
Macedonian
2 entries- обвини verb (place blame upon)
- обвинува verb (place blame upon)
Middle English
2 entries- blame noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- blamen verb (place blame upon)
Māori
3 entries- uapare verb (place blame upon)
- whakarare verb (place blame upon)
- whakatuaki verb (place blame upon)
Norwegian
1 entries- skylde verb (place blame upon)
Occitan
1 entries- blaimar verb (place blame upon)
Old English
1 entries- tǣlan verb (place blame upon)
Oromo
1 entries- komachuu verb (place blame upon)
Persian
1 entries- سرزنش کردن verb (place blame upon)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schult noun (state of having caused a bad event)
Polish
4 entries- wina noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- obwiniać verb (place blame upon)
- obwinić verb (place blame upon)
- winić verb (place blame upon)
Portuguese
2 entries- culpa noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- culpar verb (place blame upon)
Quechua
1 entries- tumpai verb (place blame upon)
Romanian
4 entries- blama verb (place blame upon)
- inculpa verb (place blame upon)
- învinovăți verb (place blame upon)
- învinui verb (place blame upon)
Russian
4 entries- вина́ noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- вини́ть verb (place blame upon)
- обвини́ть verb (place blame upon)
- обвиня́ть verb (place blame upon)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- coire noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- cron noun (state of having caused a bad event)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kriviti verb (place blame upon)
- кривити verb (place blame upon)
Slovak
2 entries- obviňovať verb (place blame upon)
- viniť verb (place blame upon)
Slovene
2 entries- krivda noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- kriviti verb (place blame upon)
Spanish
4 entries- culpa noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- culpabilizar verb (place blame upon)
- culpar verb (place blame upon)
- echar la culpa verb (place blame upon)
Swedish
3 entries- skuld noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- klandra verb (place blame upon)
- skylla verb (place blame upon)
Thai
1 entries- โทษ verb (place blame upon)
Turkish
3 entries- suç noun (state of having caused a bad event)
- suç atmak verb (place blame upon)
- suçlamak verb (place blame upon)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вини́ти verb (place blame upon)
- винува́тити verb (place blame upon)
- звинува́чувати verb (place blame upon)
Urdu
1 entries- دوش noun (state of having caused a bad event)
Venetan
1 entries- colpa noun (state of having caused a bad event)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lỗi noun (state of having caused a bad event)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
You have no one but yourself to blame.
Source: tatoeba (17033)
I am not to blame any more than you are.
Source: tatoeba (17594)
I as well as you am to blame.
Source: tatoeba (17596)
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