Definitions for blame

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blame blame

Spelling: [bleym]

IPA: /bleɪm/

Blame is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in blame (abelm).

Definitions for blame

noun

1. an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
2. responsibility for anything deserving of censure:

Idioms

1. to blame, at fault; censurable:

verb (used with object)

1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure:
2. to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually followed by on):
3. Informal. blast; damn (used as a mild curse):

Origin of blame

1150-1200; (v.) Middle English blamen Anglo-French, Old French blasmer Vulgar Latin *blastēmāre, for Late Latin blasphēmāre to blaspheme; (noun) Middle English A

Examples for blame

If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.

“Most of the diseases we blame on nutrition are actually diseases of disempowerment,” Bacon said.

And in so many of these events, the pattern of “blame the victim” was quickly in evidence.

And who can blame them for feeling disenfranchised when they see their efforts dwarfed by the mega donors.

I don't believe he will blame me when he knows the circumstances.

They shield him, too; nobody who wants to reach their hearts must blame him.

But tell me, Toinette, do you blame the feelings I have towards him?

When your obstinacy is equal to any other person's passion, blame not your brother.

Hand'll foreclose now, for sure; and I can't say I'll blame him.

No congratulations for those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and then blame the poor for being poor.