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Definitions for Blame

[1] to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
[2] to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually followed by on ): I blame the accident on her.
[3] Informal . blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck.
[4] an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident.
[5] responsibility for anything deserving of censure: We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition.
[6] to blame , at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.
[7] responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability
[8] an expression of condemnation; reproof
[9] be to blame to be at fault or culpable
[10] (usually foll by for) to attribute responsibility to; accuse I blame him for the failure
[11] (usually foll by on) to ascribe responsibility for (something) to I blame the failure on him
[12] to find fault with

Words related to Blame

criticism, culpability, onus, fault, accountability, liability, guilt, burden, criticize, attribute, denounce, chide, charge, indict, condemn, animadversion, reprehension, disparagement, accusation, reprobation

Words nearby Blame

blake, william, blakey, blalock, blalock-taussig operation, blamable, blame, blame culture, blameable, blamed, blameful, blameless

Origin of Blame

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English blamen < Anglo-French, Old French blasmer < Vulgar Latin *blastēmāre, for Late Latin blasphēmāre to blaspheme; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French bla(s)me, derivative of the v.

Words that may be confused with Blame

blame, censure, condemn, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Blame

blam·er , noun
o·ver·blame , verb (used with object), o·ver·blamed, o·ver·blam·ing.
self-blame , noun
un·blam·ing , adjective

Word origin for Blame

C12: from Old French blasmer , ultimately from Late Latin blasphēmāre to blaspheme

Synonyms for Blame

criticism, accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade, exprobation