blame
blame is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
- transitive verb. To bring reproach upon; to blemish.
- verb. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
- verb. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin.
- verb. Hurt; injury.
- noun. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
"he took the blame for it"
"it was a bum rap"
- noun. 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"
- verb. attribute responsibility to
"We blamed the accident on her"
"The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
- verb. put or pin the blame on
- verb. harass with constant criticism
"Don't always pick on your little brother"
- adjective. expletives used informally as intensifiers
"he's a blasted idiot"
"it's a blamed shame"
Synonyms
rap, incrimination, inculpation, charge, fault, pick, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in blame:
Common word forms
blamed, blamer, blames, blaming, blameful, blameable, blameless
Words from these letters
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