blame

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. criticism, censure; culpability, guilt. — v. t. charge, reproach, condemn. See accusation, disapprobation, wrong.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Censure]

Syn. disapproval, condemnation, reprehension, castigation, remonstrance, denunciation, reprobation, disparagement, depreciation, animadversion, opposition, deprecation, abuse, opprobrium, contumely, objection, reproach, stricture, derogation, criticism, dispraise, disfavor, repudiation, disapprobation, reprimand, invective, slur, aspersion, accusation, reproof, attack, chiding, rebuke, vituperation, objurgation, impeachment, complaint, diatribe, tirade, charge, expostulation, indictment, recrimination, attribution, jeremiad, arraignment, implication, obloquy, imputation, exprobration, inculpation, incrimination, Philippic, reflection, discountenance, calumny, ascription, frowning upon.

Ant. praise*, commendation, appreciation.

2. [Responsibility]

Syn. culpability, answerability, liability, onus; see guilt , responsibility 2 .

• to blame,

Syn. guilty, at fault, culpable, blamable; see guilty 2 .

v.

1. [To censure]

Syn. condemn, rebuke, criticize; see censure .

2. [To hold responsible for]

Syn. charge, indict, impute; see accuse .

See Synonym Study at censure .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. condemnation accusation, attribution, incrimination, imputation, impeachment, complaint, recrimination.

2. responsibility onus, liability, fault, guilt, culpability, accountability.

II

v.

accuse, condemn, *point the finger at, fault, charge, hold responsible, *pin on, attribute, indict, impute, censure, rap.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To find fault with: censure, criticize, fault, rap1. Informal: cut up, pan. Slang: knock. See PRAISE. 2. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to: affix, assign, fasten, fix, impute, pin on, place. See GIVE. II noun 1. Responsibility for an error or crime: culpability, fault, guilt, onus. See START. 2. A comment expressing fault: censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, reprehension, reprobation. Informal: pan. Slang: knock. See PRAISE.