to blame
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1.6
- verb
- /bleɪm/
:
culpar
- She did not want to blame her teammates for the loss.
- blame others
- blame the victim
- blamed for failure
My hope is that you will just stop blaming yourself.
- My hope is that you will just stop blaming yourself.
- We're blaming Facebook because we don't like to blame ourself, right?
- And you can't blame him, I would think.
- I love, but you can't blame me for trying.
- But I have to stop blaming myself for this.
- So setting limits and key things here, don't blame them, don't blame yourself.
- But he he's he kind of blames himself for a lot of stuff.
- It's And so like parents want to blame Instagram and social media.
- They are to blame and it's a global rollout.
- Yeah, 'cause, like, you don't want to, like, blame him, right?
- And is once again blaming guess who, Putin.
- It's always easier to blame ourselves until it isn't.
- And so I do blame Israel for that death.
Examples
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But I have to stop blaming myself for this.
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Angie had been the catalyst, but he could blame only himself in the end.
Fiction book (1990) -
So if anything goes wrong, you blame Peter Day, right?
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If something happens, blame him and court system.
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Well, I can hardly blame him.
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My hope is that you will just stop blaming yourself.
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You have to stop blaming yourself.
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I can't blame you for being suspicious.
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Official rhetoric is at least partly to blame for inflated public fears about Chinese power.
Academic text (2011) -
Of course, I shouldn't blame you for society's woes.
Synonyms
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2.7
Say that someone did something wrong or illegal
81
3.7
To say someone or something caused a problem
60
4.8
To say someone caused a problem when they did not
50
4.3
To blame someone for a mistake or problem
46
4.8
To blame someone when it is not clear who is at fault
11
8.7
To blame a person or thing for something bad, often without proof
4
4.1
To unfairly blame someone for problems caused by others
1
6.9
To say someone caused a problem or is at fault
To blame someone for doing something wrong
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
17
4.8
People or groups say others caused a problem to avoid taking responsibility
How Accusatory
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blame comes from Old French blamer, which meant 'to speak badly of' someone; so to blame someone is like saying they did something wrong and putting the fault on them.