What does Blame mean?

Definitions for Blame
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. incrimination, inculpation, blamenoun

    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"

  2. blame, rapadjective

    a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

    "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"

  3. blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernalverb

    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"

  4. blame, faultverb

    put or pin the blame on

  5. blame, find fault, pickverb

    harass with constant criticism

    "Don't always pick on your little brother"

  6. blame, chargeverb

    attribute responsibility to

    "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Blamenoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    In arms, the praise of success is shared amongst many; yet the blame of misadventures is charged upon one. John Hayward.

    They lay the blame on the poor little ones, sometimes passionately enough, to divert it from themselves. John Locke.

    Who would not judge us to be discharged of all blame, which are confest to have no great fault, even by their very word and testimony, in whose eyes no fault of ours hath ever hitherto been accustomed to seem small. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 27.

    I unspeak mine own detraction; here abjure
    The taints and blames I laid upon myself,
    For strangers to my nature. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Therewith upon his crest,
    With rigour so outrageous he smit,
    That a large share it hew’d out of the rest,
    And glancing down his shield, from blame him fairly blest. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. ii. stanz. 18.

    You were to blame, I must be plain with you,
    To part so slightly with your wife’s first gift. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    I do not ask whether they were mistaken; but, on supposition they were not, whether they were to blame in the manner. Edward Stillingfleet.

    Now we should hold them much to blame,
    If they went back before they came. Matthew Prior.

  2. To BLAMEverb

    Etymology: blâmer, Fr.

    Our pow’r
    Shall do a court’sy to our wrath, which men
    May blame, but not controul. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Porphyrius, you too far did tempt your fate;
    ’Tis true, your duty to me it became;
    But praising that, I must your conduct blame. John Dryden, Tyrannick Love.

    Each finding, like a friend,
    Something to blame, and something to commend. Alexander Pope.

    The reader must not blame me for making use here, all along of the word sentiment. John Locke.

    Tomoreus he blam’d of inconsiderate rashness, for that he would busy himself in matters not belonging to his vocation. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

Wikipedia

  1. Blame

    Blame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, or making negative statements about an individual or group that their actions or inaction are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise. When someone is morally responsible for doing something wrong, their action is blameworthy. By contrast, when someone is morally responsible for doing something right, it may be said that his or her action is praiseworthy. There are other senses of praise and blame that are not ethically relevant. One may praise someone's good dress sense, and blame their own sense of style for their own dress sense.

ChatGPT

  1. blame

    Blame refers to assigning or placing responsibility or fault on someone or something for a negative situation, action, or outcome. It involves holding someone accountable for causing harm, wrongdoing, or mistakes. Blame often entails pointing out errors, shortcomings, or failures and can lead to feelings of guilt, criticism, or negative judgment towards the person or entity being blamed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blameverb

    to censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach

  2. Blameverb

    to bring reproach upon; to blemish

  3. Blame

    an expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure

  4. Blame

    that which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin

  5. Blame

    hurt; injury

Wikidata

  1. Blame

    Blame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, making negative statements about an individual or group that their action or actions are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise. When someone is morally responsible for doing something wrong their action is blameworthy. By contrast, when someone is morally responsible for doing something right, we may say that his or her action is praiseworthy. There are other senses of praise and blame that are not ethically relevant. One may praise someone's good dress sense, and blame the weather for a crop failure.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Blame

    blām, v.t. to find fault with: to censure.—n. imputation of a fault: crime: censure.—adj. Blam′able, deserving of blame: faulty.—n. Blam′ableness.—adv. Blam′ably.—adj. Blame′ful, meriting blame: criminal.—adv. Blame′fully.—n. Blame′fullness.—adj. Blameless, without blame: guiltless: innocent.—adv. Blame′lessly.—ns. Blame′lessness; Blame′worthiness, quality of being worthy of blame: blamableness.—adj. Blame′worthy, worthy of blame: culpable. [Fr. blâmer, blasmer—Gr. blasphēme-ein, to speak ill. See Blaspheme.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Blame' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4253

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Blame' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2467

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Blame' in Verbs Frequency: #447

Anagrams for Blame »

  1. mabel

  2. amble

  3. belam

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blame in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Blame in a Sentence

  1. Kim Young-soon:

    I don't blame these TV shows because they are telling people about North Korea and providing critical insight. But I hate it when they make North Korea look like a place where only weird animals live.

  2. Gary Player:

    Golf is a wonderful game, and we must never forget this. The heart of the game is the amateur, not the professional. What saddens me is to see the fighting that's going on, and it's unnecessary, remember this, the players that are playing there now, they need the money. They've got families, and I don't blame them for playing there. There are not a lot of them that can win on the regular tour anymore, so they're wisely taking the money. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM.

  3. Ben Caspit:

    The people who are to blame for the terrible things that the members of this lovely community have been forced to undergo on a daily basis is us, those among us who turn up their noses when an Ethiopian family enters the neighborhood, those among us who are not happy to see Ethiopian children in their children's classroom.

  4. Scott Gerlicher:

    There isn’t a huge appetite for aggressive police work out there, and the risk/reward, certainly, we’re there and we’re sworn to protect and serve, but you also have to protect yourself and your family, nobody in the job or working on the job can blame those officers for being less aggressive.

  5. Crudup Jr.:

    I'm not here to play the blame game right now. We've been passing this buck around for years. This thing has been decades in the making, even the last two years, we've been dealing with things over and over again, and so I'm just glad right now that the governor has decided to go ahead and step up to the plate and help us out right now.

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