blameful

Examples

• All

• Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade, he bravely broach'd is boiling bloody breast...

  Return with Honor (1999)

• Then he checked his mind—no dreams he recalled, no blameful faces.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The teacher held a meeting because his students' blameful actions disrupted the class.

• The review was filled with blameful criticism that pointed out the company's failures.

Synonyms

G

guilty

vsblameful

∞ 2.3

Responsible for doing something wrong and open to blame or punishment

is general blame without requiring proven responsibility or punishment

C

criminal

vsblameful

90 3.7

Very wrong and deserving strong blame

is blame for wrongdoing without implying extreme moral badness

A

at fault

vsblameful

62 3.4

Responsible for causing a problem or mistake and deserving blame

is general deserving disapproval not limited to specific faults

R

reprehensible

vsblameful

• Formal

50 7.9

Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism

is disapproval for wrongdoing but often less intense

C

culpable

vsblameful

26 7.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong

is general blame without necessarily implying responsibility

U

unworthy

vsblameful

• Offensive

20 5.4

Deserves strong blame or dislike

is blame for wrong actions without necessarily arousing contempt

B

blameworthy

vsblameful

1 6.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful

is identical in meaning and does not differ in use

C

condemnable

vsblameful

1 7.5

Deserving strong criticism for being wrong

is blame that can be strong but not always severe

D

discreditable

vsblameful

1 7.6

Likely to harm someone's reputation by showing shameful behaviour

is blame for wrongdoing beyond mere reputation damage

B

blamable

vsblameful

6.3

Deserving criticism for doing something wrong or causing harm

is the same in sense without a different emphasis

B

blameable

vsblameful

6.4

People think it caused harm or did something wrong

expresses the same idea with no distinct nuance

R

reproachable

vsblameful

7.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong

is general blame for wrongdoing rather than only criticism

C

censurable

vsblameful

• Formal

8.9

Deserving blame or formal criticism

is blame expressed generally, not necessarily formally

Antonyms

I

innocent

∞ 2.2

Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

How Blameworthy

reprehensible

• Formal

50 7.9

culpable

26 7.5

blameful

1 7.9

excusable

6 3.6

blameless

18 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology