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Blame   /bleɪm/   Listen
Blame

verb
(past & past part. blamed; pres. part. blaming)
1.
Put or pin the blame on.  Synonym: fault.  Antonym: absolve.
2.
Harass with constant criticism.  Synonyms: find fault, pick.
3.
Attribute responsibility to.  Synonym: charge.  "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
noun
1.
An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed.  Synonyms: incrimination, inculpation.  "The police laid the blame on the driver"
2.
A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.  Synonym: rap.  "It was a bum rap"
adjective
1.
Expletives used informally as intensifiers.  Synonyms: blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal.  "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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"Blame" Quotes from Famous Books



... give all the elementary science which is needed for the comprehension of the processes of agriculture in a form easily assimilated by the youthful mind, which loathes everything in the shape of long words and abstract notions, and small blame to it. I am afraid I shall not have helped you very much, but I believe that my suggestions, rough as they are, are in ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 • Leonard Huxley

... who love each other laugh at the little misunderstanding that has parted them. She was bold with Him, though she was so timid by nature, and ventured to laugh at herself, not to reproach herself—for His divine eyes spoke no blame, but smiled upon her folly too. And then He laid a hand upon her head, which seemed to fill her with currents of strength and joy running through all her veins. And then she seemed to come to herself saying loud out, "And that ...
— A Little Pilgrim • Mrs. Oliphant

... secret underlying all this, and I don't know what it is. But I declare to you, solemnly, that I am innocent of this charge. If you have spoken against me to-day because you thought you ought to do it, I can't blame you, but if you have done it from any wrong motive, I hope you'll confess it before ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 • Various

... single instances it is often difficult to determine whether a work possesses such a property or not. It is indeed frequently the subject of great controversy, especially when the self-love of authors and actors comes into collision; each shifts the blame of failure on the other, and those who advocate the cause of the author appeal to an imaginary perfection of the histrionic art, and complain of the insufficiency of the existing means for its realization. But in general the ...
— Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel

... his speeches he bade them remember that if it be the more easy task to prevent tyranny, it is the more glorious achievement to destroy it. In his verses [228] he poured forth the indignant sentiment which a thousand later bards have borrowed and enlarged; "Blame not Heaven for your tyrants, blame yourselves." The fears of some, the indifference of others, rendered his exhortations fruitless! The brave old man sorrowfully retreated to his house, hung up his weapons without ...
— Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton


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