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blame English

Meaning blame meaning

What does blame mean?
Definitions in simple English

blame Verb

— If you blame someone or something for something bad, you say or think that they are the reason for or cause of it. It's not your fault... don't blame yourself. If you keep asking the woman why he attacked her, you're blaming the victim. She's changed, but I blame it on the drugs. Everything's gone wrong, and I want to know who's to blame.

blame Noun

— The blame for something bad is the idea that you made or let it happen. You keep your mouth shut and I'll take the blame. I went told lies, beat up smaller boys, and put the blame on someone else. Coaches and players must share the blame for the worst season in club history.

blame

— verb put or pin the blame on — verb (= pick) harass with constant criticism Don't always pick on your little brother — verb (= charge) attribute responsibility to We blamed the accident on her The tragedy was charged to her inexperience — noun (= incrimination) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed his incrimination was based on my testimony the police laid the blame on the driver — noun (= rap) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed he took the blame for it it was a bum rap — adjective (= blasted, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamned, infernal) expletives used informally as intensifiers he's a blasted idiot it's a blamed shame a blame cold winter not a blessed dime I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool a deuced idiot an infernal nuisance

Synonyms blame synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as blame?

blame English » English

censure reproach accuse rebuke reprimand scold reprove fault charge criticize condemn guilt accusation upbraid find fault with abuse responsibility reproof find fault complain revile criticise tell off indict slander ridicule impeach denunciation denounce curse criticism admonish sin lament indictment incriminate grumble grievance exhort damn condemnation complaint chide allegation accusal rap inculpation inculpate disapprove despise

Topics blame topics

What do people use blame to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Blame
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Social behavior Law Judge, render a verdict

Fault
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Complain
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront

Conjugation blame conjugation

How do you conjugate blame?

blame · verb

Examples blame examples

How do I use blame in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can't blame you for breaking your promise.
Don't blame the mistake on her.
People always want to blame someone else for all their problems.
I wouldn't blame them.
I wouldn't blame you.
I wouldn't blame Tom.
Tom and I are both to blame.
Don't blame me for that.
I don't blame you one bit.
Don't blame her for what happened back in Boston.
Don't put the blame on Tom!
It is easier for Tom to put the blame on Mary than to admit his own mistake.
Censorious people delight in casting blame.
You have no one but yourself to blame.
We are both to blame.
You are to blame.
You are not to blame, nor is he.
I don't blame you.
I don't blame you for doing that.
It is you who is to blame.
It is not you but I that am to blame.
Don't beat around the bush; tell me who is to blame.
The drivers began arguing about who was to blame for the accident.
On the one hand, you are wrong, but on the other hand, I can't blame you for that.

Movie subtitles

Ha, I said it's not the pies that are to blame, it's the idiot who puts them in his mouth.
To point the blame at those with likely motives, and lethal means.
If you weren't behind the wheel you cannot be to blame.
Not to ourselves, not to each other, not to our beautiful, beautiful little girl because we aren't to blame for this.
You blame Beaumont Stoddard for the death of your dog.
Sophie and I were always close, so her mother decided that I was to blame for ruining her life and morals.
I can hardly say that I blame him.
Now, look, I don't blame you.
Your majesty cannot possibly blame me for the rage of the people.
I am to blame.
I'll take all the blame!
She's to blame for all this.
My son is not to blame, that rifle was left here by the retreating Germans.
I'm taking all the blame myself.
That's right, blame Allah.
Can't blame her.
All the same, you can't blame us for drought, grasshoppers, and disease.
I accept that I'm to blame.
You are entirely to blame!
Well, I don't blame you.
It's nice to have seen you, but I've got nobody to blame but myself.
Fine. I don't blame her.
Really, Mata, you mustn't blame yourself.
We cannot blame Monsieur Dubois, of course for accepting too readily whatever information was given to him.
If the woman can't hold her man, there's no reason why he should take the blame.
She wasn't to blame, Mr Dickson.
He's not to blame. The minute I was out of sight. you took up with the first man who could give you the things I couldn't.
Don't blame Johnny, Frankie.
Here we go. Blame Rick.
Tore felt that he was to blame for all the unhappiness that had occured.
But, of course, if such a thing should happen here. you would not blame me for a feeling of pride.
I don't blame Jerry a bit for being attracted by you.
I know he won't blame you.
But you'll blame yourself.
I DON'T BLAME YOU.
It doesn't matter. He's not to blame.

News and current affairs

Meanwhile, the Bush Administration will blame the sinking economy, bad luck, and unintentional miscalculations for the vanished surplus.
He has made no efforts at economic reform during his term and now seeks to blame the ECB for Italy's lame economic performance.
There are fervent arguments heard on both sides concerning blame for a lack of peace in the Holy Land.
Whether or not he was solely to blame, a true opportunity for historical compromise was missed at Camp David in August 2000, and he himself acknowledged it a year later.
We do not blame physicians for failing to predict all of our illnesses.
Are Humans to Blame for Global Warming?
In debt crises, blame tends to fall on the debtors.
But the creditors are equally to blame - they lent too much and imprudently.
Those who blame the IMF see the problem as self-inflicted through profligate and corrupt spending by Argentina.
Such attempts at blame-shifting are misguided: one can understand the default as the consequence of economic mistakes made over a decade.
The IMF will work hard to shift blame - there will be allegations of corruption, and it will be said that Argentina did not pursue needed measures.
While climate, geography, and the colonial past share some of the blame for today's misery, most of the responsibility belongs to those African governments that have behaved so badly.
Some voters are beginning to think that their cherished European welfare state may be to blame.
Although it is clear that a return to the old Soviet Union is not possible, some blame Russian influence for the disillusion in Ukraine.
But how can we blame that legacy while turning a blind eye to a kind of colonialism against women in these same countries' private homes and public institutions?
Some blame Obama's own fears about repeating his predecessors' mistakes; others blame a hostile Congress for tying his hands.
And that is what ultimately makes the China-centric blame game so absurd.
Swept up in the blame game, the US is doing the opposite.
Reform-minded politicians were partly to blame for this change.
In debt crises, blame tends to fall on the debtors. They borrowed too much.
Even the Copenhagen summit on climate change ended just the way China wanted: failure in its attempt to commit China, or any other industrial nation, to making significant cuts in carbon emissions, with the United States getting the blame.

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