blame

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Censure.
2. (uncountable) Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
3. (uncountable) Responsibility for something meriting censure.
4. (uncountable) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

Verb

1. (transitive, usually) To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
2. (transitive) To assert the cause of some bad event.
3. To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
4. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.

Adj

euphemism of damn (intensifier)

Synonyms

censure

reproach

accuse

rebuke

reprimand

scold

reprove

fault

charge

condemn

criticize

guilt

accusation

find fault with

upbraid

abuse

find fault

reproof

responsibility

complain

revile

criticise

tell off

indict

slander

impeach

denunciation

denounce

criticism

admonish

curse

ridicule

sin

accusal

indictment

lament

exhort

complaint

incriminate

chide

allegation

grievance

grumble

condemnation

damn

rap

disapprove

allege

attack

👊

decry

Translations

blâmer

culpar

culpa

beschuldigen

censurar

blâme

reprobar

vorwerfen

Tadel

verwijten

incolpare

colpa

censurar

Vorwurf

Vorwürfe machen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bleɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blame

Inherited from Middle English: blamen

In summary

From Middle English blame, borrowed from Old French blame, blasme, produced from the verb blasmer, which in turn is derived from Late Latin blastēmāre, variant of blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blaspheme. Displaced native Old English tǣling (“blame”) and tǣlan (“to blame”).