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What words refer to criticizing someone or something?criticize be critical be a critic of critique accuse attack launch into an attack on badmouth belittle blame carp cavil censure cite charge decry denounce deprecate deride disparage gibe harangue judge lay into mock rake someone over the coals recriminate reprehend reproach ridicule scoff speak evil of tear down (someone) voice your disapproval
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Conjugation accuse conjugation
How do you conjugate accuse?
accuse · verb
Present I accuse
Positive I accuse
Singular
1st person I accuse
2nd person you accuse
3rd person he/she/it accuses
Plural
1st person we accuse
2nd person you accuse
3rd person they accuse
Negative I don't accuse
Singular
1st person I don't accuse I do not accuse
2nd person you don't accuse you do not accuse
3rd person he/she/it doesn't accuse he/she/it does not accuse
Plural
1st person we don't accuse we do not accuse
2nd person you don't accuse you do not accuse
3rd person they don't accuse they do not accuse
Question do I accuse?
Singular
1st person do I accuse?
2nd person do you accuse?
3rd person does he/she/it accuse?
Plural
1st person do we accuse?
2nd person do you accuse?
3rd person do they accuse?
Negative question don't I accuse?
Singular
1st person don't I accuse? do I not accuse?
2nd person don't you accuse? do you not accuse?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it accuse? does he/she/it not accuse?
Plural
1st person don't we accuse? do we not accuse?
2nd person don't you accuse? do you not accuse?
3rd person don't they accuse? do they not accuse?
Past I accused
Positive I accused
Singular
1st person I accused
2nd person you accused
3rd person he/she/it accused
Plural
1st person we accused
2nd person you accused
3rd person they accused
Negative I didn't accuse
Singular
1st person I didn't accuse I did not accuse
2nd person you didn't accuse you did not accuse
3rd person he/she/it didn't accuse he/she/it did not accuse
Plural
1st person we didn't accuse we did not accuse
2nd person you didn't accuse you did not accuse
3rd person they didn't accuse they did not accuse
Question did I accuse?
Singular
1st person did I accuse?
2nd person did you accuse?
3rd person did he/she/it accuse?
Plural
1st person did we accuse?
2nd person did you accuse?
3rd person did they accuse?
Negative question didn't I accuse?
Singular
1st person didn't I accuse? did I not accuse?
2nd person didn't you accuse? did you not accuse?
3rd person didn't he/she/it accuse? did he/she/it not accuse?
Plural
1st person didn't we accuse? did we not accuse?
2nd person didn't you accuse? did you not accuse?
3rd person didn't they accuse? did they not accuse?
Future I'll accuse
Positive I'll accuse
Singular
1st person I'll accuse I will accuse
2nd person you'll accuse you will accuse
3rd person he/she/it'll accuse he/she/it will accuse
Plural
1st person we'll accuse we will accuse
2nd person you'll accuse you will accuse
3rd person they'll accuse they will accuse
Negative I won't accuse
Singular
1st person I won't accuse I will not accuse
2nd person you won't accuse you will not accuse
3rd person he/she/it won't accuse he/she/it will not accuse
Plural
1st person we won't accuse we will not accuse
2nd person you won't accuse you will not accuse
3rd person they won't accuse they will not accuse
Question will I accuse?
Singular
1st person will I accuse?
2nd person will you accuse?
3rd person will he/she/it accuse?
Plural
1st person will we accuse?
2nd person will you accuse?
3rd person will they accuse?
Negative question won't I accuse?
Singular
1st person won't I accuse? will I not accuse?
2nd person won't you accuse? will you not accuse?
3rd person won't he/she/it accuse? will he/she/it not accuse?
Plural
1st person won't we accuse? will we not accuse?
2nd person won't you accuse? will you not accuse?
3rd person won't they accuse? will they not accuse?
Conditional I'd accuse
Positive I'd accuse
Singular
1st person I'd accuse I would accuse
2nd person you'd accuse you would accuse
3rd person he/she/it'd accuse he/she/it would accuse
Plural
1st person we'd accuse we would accuse
2nd person you'd accuse you would accuse
3rd person they'd accuse they would accuse
Negative I wouldn't accuse
Singular
1st person I wouldn't accuse I would not accuse
2nd person you wouldn't accuse you would not accuse
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't accuse he/she/it would not accuse
Plural
1st person we wouldn't accuse we would not accuse
2nd person you wouldn't accuse you would not accuse
3rd person they wouldn't accuse they would not accuse
Question would I accuse?
Singular
1st person would I accuse?
2nd person would you accuse?
3rd person would he/she/it accuse?
Plural
1st person would we accuse?
2nd person would you accuse?
3rd person would they accuse?
Negative question wouldn't I accuse?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I accuse? would I not accuse?
2nd person wouldn't you accuse? would you not accuse?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it accuse? would he/she/it not accuse?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we accuse? would we not accuse?
2nd person wouldn't you accuse? would you not accuse?
3rd person wouldn't they accuse? would they not accuse?
Present continuous I'm accusing
Positive I'm accusing
Singular
1st person I'm accusing I am accusing
2nd person you're accusing you are accusing
3rd person he/she/it's accusing he/she/it is accusing
Plural
1st person we're accusing we are accusing
2nd person you're accusing you are accusing
3rd person they're accusing they are accusing
Negative I'm not accusing
Singular
1st person I'm not accusing I am not accusing
2nd person you aren't accusing you're not accusing you are not accusing
3rd person he/she/it isn't accusing he/she/it's not accusing he/she/it is not accusing
Plural
1st person we aren't accusing we're not accusing we are not accusing
2nd person you aren't accusing you're not accusing you are not accusing
3rd person they aren't accusing they're not accusing they are not accusing
Question am I accusing?
Singular
1st person am I accusing?
2nd person are you accusing?
3rd person is he/she/it accusing?
Plural
1st person are we accusing?
2nd person are you accusing?
3rd person are they accusing?
Negative question aren't I accusing?
Singular
1st person aren't I accusing? am I not accusing?
2nd person aren't you accusing? are you not accusing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it accusing? is he/she/it not accusing?
Plural
1st person aren't we accusing? are we not accusing?
2nd person aren't you accusing? are you not accusing?
3rd person aren't they accusing? are they not accusing?
Past continuous I was accusing
Positive I was accusing
Singular
1st person I was accusing
2nd person you were accusing
3rd person he/she/it was accusing
Plural
1st person we were accusing
2nd person you were accusing
3rd person they were accusing
Negative I wasn't accusing
Singular
1st person I wasn't accusing I was not accusing
2nd person you weren't accusing you were not accusing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't accusing he/she/it was not accusing
Plural
1st person we weren't accusing we were not accusing
2nd person you weren't accusing you were not accusing
3rd person they weren't accusing they were not accusing
Question was I accusing?
Singular
1st person was I accusing?
2nd person were you accusing?
3rd person was he/she/it accusing?
Plural
1st person were we accusing?
2nd person were you accusing?
3rd person were they accusing?
Negative question wasn't I accusing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I accusing? was I not accusing?
2nd person weren't you accusing? were you not accusing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it accusing? was he/she/it not accusing?
Plural
1st person weren't we accusing? were we not accusing?
2nd person weren't you accusing? were you not accusing?
3rd person weren't they accusing? were they not accusing?
Future continuous I'll be accusing
Positive I'll be accusing
Singular
1st person I'll be accusing I will be accusing
2nd person you'll be accusing you will be accusing
3rd person he/she/it'll be accusing he/she/it will be accusing
Plural
1st person we'll be accusing we will be accusing
2nd person you'll be accusing you will be accusing
3rd person they'll be accusing they will be accusing
Negative I won't be accusing
Singular
1st person I won't be accusing I will not be accusing
2nd person you won't be accusing you will not be accusing
3rd person he/she/it won't be accusing he/she/it will not be accusing
Plural
1st person we won't be accusing we will not be accusing
2nd person you won't be accusing you will not be accusing
3rd person they won't be accusing they will not be accusing
Question will I be accusing?
Singular
1st person will I be accusing?
2nd person will you be accusing?
3rd person will he/she/it be accusing?
Plural
1st person will we be accusing?
2nd person will you be accusing?
3rd person will they be accusing?
Negative question won't I be accusing?
Singular
1st person won't I be accusing? will I not be accusing?
2nd person won't you be accusing? will you not be accusing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be accusing? will he/she/it not be accusing?
Plural
1st person won't we be accusing? will we not be accusing?
2nd person won't you be accusing? will you not be accusing?
3rd person won't they be accusing? will they not be accusing?
Conditional continuous I'd be accusing
Positive I'd be accusing
Singular
1st person I'd be accusing I would be accusing
2nd person you'd be accusing you would be accusing
3rd person he/she/it'd be accusing he/she/it would be accusing
Plural
1st person we'd be accusing we would be accusing
2nd person you'd be accusing you would be accusing
3rd person they'd be accusing they would be accusing
Negative I wouldn't be accusing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be accusing I would not be accusing
2nd person you wouldn't be accusing you would not be accusing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be accusing he/she/it would not be accusing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be accusing we would not be accusing
2nd person you wouldn't be accusing you would not be accusing
3rd person they wouldn't be accusing they would not be accusing
Question would I be accusing?
Singular
1st person would I be accusing?
2nd person would you be accusing?
3rd person would he/she/it be accusing?
Plural
1st person would we be accusing?
2nd person would you be accusing?
3rd person would they be accusing?
Negative question wouldn't I be accusing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be accusing? would I not be accusing?
2nd person wouldn't you be accusing? would you not be accusing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be accusing? would he/she/it not be accusing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be accusing? would we not be accusing?
2nd person wouldn't you be accusing? would you not be accusing?
3rd person wouldn't they be accusing? would they not be accusing?
Present perfect I've accused
Positive I've accused
Singular
1st person I've accused I have accused
2nd person you've accused you have accused
3rd person he/she/it's accused he/she/it has accused
Plural
1st person we've accused we have accused
2nd person you've accused you have accused
3rd person they've accused they have accused
Negative I haven't accused
Singular
1st person I haven't accused I have not accused
2nd person you haven't accused you have not accused
3rd person he/she/it hasn't accused he/she/it has not accused
Plural
1st person we haven't accused we have not accused
2nd person you haven't accused you have not accused
3rd person they haven't accused they have not accused
Question have I accused?
Singular
1st person have I accused?
2nd person have you accused?
3rd person has he/she/it accused?
Plural
1st person have we accused?
2nd person have you accused?
3rd person have they accused?
Negative question haven't I accused?
Singular
1st person haven't I accused? have I not accused?
2nd person haven't you accused? have you not accused?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it accused? has he/she/it not accused?
Plural
1st person haven't we accused? have we not accused?
2nd person haven't you accused? have you not accused?
3rd person haven't they accused? have they not accused?
Past perfect I had accused
Positive I had accused
Singular
1st person I had accused
2nd person you had accused
3rd person he/she/it had accused
Plural
1st person we had accused
2nd person you had accused
3rd person they had accused
Negative I hadn't accused
Singular
1st person I hadn't accused I had not accused
2nd person you hadn't accused you had not accused
3rd person he/she/it hadn't accused he/she/it had not accused
Plural
1st person we hadn't accused we had not accused
2nd person you hadn't accused you had not accused
3rd person they hadn't accused they had not accused
Question had I accused?
Singular
1st person had I accused?
2nd person had you accused?
3rd person had he/she/it accused?
Plural
1st person had we accused?
2nd person had you accused?
3rd person had they accused?
Negative question hadn't I accused?
Singular
1st person hadn't I accused? had I not accused?
2nd person hadn't you accused? had you not accused?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it accused? had he/she/it not accused?
Plural
1st person hadn't we accused? had we not accused?
2nd person hadn't you accused? had you not accused?
3rd person hadn't they accused? had they not accused?
Future perfect I'll have accused
Positive I'll have accused
Singular
1st person I'll have accused I will have accused
2nd person you'll have accused you will have accused
3rd person he/she/it'll have accused he/she/it will have accused
Plural
1st person we'll have accused we will have accused
2nd person you'll have accused you will have accused
3rd person they'll have accused they will have accused
Negative I won't have accused
Singular
1st person I won't have accused I will not have accused
2nd person you won't have accused you will not have accused
3rd person he/she/it won't have accused he/she/it will not have accused
Plural
1st person we won't have accused we will not have accused
2nd person you won't have accused you will not have accused
3rd person they won't have accused they will not have accused
Question +'ll I have accused?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have accused? will I have accused?
2nd person +'ll you have accused? will you have accused?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have accused? will he/she/it have accused?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have accused? will we have accused?
2nd person +'ll you have accused? will you have accused?
3rd person +'ll they have accused? will they have accused?
Negative question won't I have accused?
Singular
1st person won't I have accused? will I not have accused?
2nd person won't you have accused? will you not have accused?
3rd person won't he/she/it have accused? will he/she/it not have accused?
Plural
1st person won't we have accused? will we not have accused?
2nd person won't you have accused? will you not have accused?
3rd person won't they have accused? will they not have accused?
Conditional perfect I'd have accused
Positive I'd have accused
Singular
1st person I'd have accused I would have accused
2nd person you'd have accused you would have accused
3rd person he/she/it'd have accused he/she/it would have accused
Plural
1st person we'd have accused we would have accused
2nd person you'd have accused you would have accused
3rd person they'd have accused they would have accused
Negative I wouldn't have accused
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have accused I would not have accused
2nd person you wouldn't have accused you would not have accused
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have accused he/she/it would not have accused
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have accused we would not have accused
2nd person you wouldn't have accused you would not have accused
3rd person they wouldn't have accused they would not have accused
Question would I have accused?
Singular
1st person would I have accused?
2nd person would you have accused?
3rd person would he/she/it have accused?
Plural
1st person would we have accused?
2nd person would you have accused?
3rd person would they have accused?
Negative question wouldn't I have accused?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have accused? would I not have accused?
2nd person wouldn't you have accused? would you not have accused?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have accused? would he/she/it not have accused?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have accused? would we not have accused?
2nd person wouldn't you have accused? would you not have accused?
3rd person wouldn't they have accused? would they not have accused?
Imperative accuse!
Positive
you accuse!
we let's accuse!
Negative
you don't accuse!
we let's not accuse!
Examples accuse examples
How do I use accuse in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Why do you accuse my son?
Don't accuse him of that.
How can you accuse me of such a thing? I would never lay a hand on my child.
You'd better be very sure before you accuse Tom of anything.
Do people ever accuse you of being conceited?
Please don't accuse me of something I didn't do.
They do not accuse me, they insult; they do not fight me, they calumniate, and they don't allow me the right of defense.
How dare you accuse me of lying!
How dare you accuse me of that!
Why did Tom accuse you?
Tom didn't accuse anyone of anything.
Tom didn't accuse anybody of anything.
Movie subtitles
I accuse you, Lucas, with the candlestick in the conservatory.
That's why you accuse me.
Don't you ever accuse me of that.
You can't accuse me.
Then you really did what the police and what this young man accuse you of doing?
That's right, Armand, no one could ever accuse you of being a great lover.
Unless some fool were to publicly accuse the general staff and get himself dragged into court on a charge of libel.
Mr. President I accuse Colonel Dort of having been the diabolical agent of the affair and of continuing to defend his deadly work through three years of revolting machination.
I accuse the minister of war of having concealed decisive proofs of the innocence of Dreyfus.
I accuse the chief of staff and assistant chief of staff of being accomplices in the crime.
I accuse the commander of the Paris garrison of the most monstrous partiality.
I accuse the war office of having viciously led a campaign to misdirect public opinion and cover up its sins.
I accuse the first court-martial of violating all human rights in condemning a prisoner on testimony kept secret from him.
And finally I accuse the Esterhazy court-martial of covering up this illegality by order, thus, in turn.
I don't want to accuse anyone.
It's very dangerous to accuse a woman who's so powerfully protected without proof.
And now you accuse me! I kissed you because I loved you. for a minute.
My brother knows me too well to accuse me of treachery, Sir.
Wait, Mr. Williams. Don't accuse me until you hear what I have to say.
Nobody could accuse Melanie of being insincere.
I rose in this chamber to accuse him.
I accuse this man.
There is not one among you who has had the courage to come to me and accuse me of wrongdoing.
Will anyone raise his voice here now to accuse me?
Why do you accuse me.
You mustn't accuse Stanley of anything so terrible.
So that people won't accuse me of being such an unconscionable liar.
That's the reason why M. Villard spent his night trying to free Cornusse of all the charges and to accuse his rival instead.
Teresita, do you accuse me also?
Why did you accuse him?
Did he tell you to accuse Colin?
Why do you accuse me?
Who of you dares to accuse them?
News and current affairs
But accuse America of sabotaging the trade talks?
Americans find it difficult to understand why Europeans insist on such restrictions, and accuse the EU of practicing bio-trade protectionism.
Predictably, he fares as poorly with religious leaders, some of whom accuse him of blasphemy.
Male students from Islamabad's many madrasas are even more active in terrorizing video shop owners, whom they accuse of spreading pornography.
It is tactically useful for Russia, China, and others to conflate espionage issues with civil liberties and accuse the US of hypocrisy.
They also assume that governments will have to the courage to back them as their opponents accuse them of socialism and crimes against freedom, innovation, dynamism, and so on.
Nobody could accuse them of having led sheltered lives, or of being unaccustomed to making difficult decisions.
Predictably, some accuse Google of seeking to impose its own values on a foreign culture.
Putin's war in Chechnya enables him to keep public opinion mobilized and to accuse the opposition of lacking patriotism, even of treason.
But in his refusal to give in to panic and act rashly, he has been far braver than all the big talkers who accuse him of being a wimp.
Although few accuse Asian central banks of explicitly conspiring to calm global markets, some say that their common cautious approach to trading is a form of implicit collusion.
Hill, for example, knew that she would have to explain why she waited years to accuse Thomas, her former employer.
Where EMU is concerned, nobody can accuse the member states of being cowardly or dilatory.
Although both Europe and America accuse each other of unfair agricultural policies, neither side seems willing to make major concessions.
Critics accuse Thaksin of conflicts of interest, as his family-owned telecommunications conglomerate holds sizeable investments in Myanmar.
But, worried that the US authorities would accuse it of attempting to control a new market, IBM left the Disk Operating System (DOS) for the new PCs to a tiny new company that no one saw as a threat: Microsoft.
But it is surprising when these people accuse participants in the Prague Spring and the democratic opposition of links with communism.
They argue that recent events have shown that JPMorgan is too big to be managed well, even by CEO Jamie Dimon, whose fiercest critics do not accuse him of incompetence.
The Larijani brothers have been vehement critics of the president, whom they accuse of ignoring legislation and key judicial rulings.
Liberals who welcome it as a beacon of freedom and progress in the Arab world confront those who accuse it of Islamism and religious radicalization.
Today, they have vowed to fight government elites, Christianity, and foreign influences like the IMF and World Bank, which they accuse of re-colonizing Kenya.
Those in power, as in Iran, accuse Western governments of supporting the opposition, and those in opposition accuse the West of supporting the government, as has happened to France in the case of Gabon.
First, Israeli spokesmen accuse Europeans of anti-Semitism - that hateful blot on Europe's history.
Eisenhower could have said that, and no one would accuse him of being an isolationist.
Many Sunnis, for example, accuse America of favoritism: the United States intervenes to protect Kurds, Yazidis, and Christians in northern Iraq, they say, but does little to stop the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Sunnis in Syria.