Thesaurus:blame
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to place responsibility on someone for a negative action or consequence
Synonyms
- accuse
- atwite (obsolete)
- blame
- bumble (obsolete)
- challenge (obsolete)
- cop out (idiomatic, slang)
- decry
- defame [⇒ thesaurus] (historical)
- denounce
- fault
- finger [⇒ thesaurus]
- inculpate
- lay at someone's door (idiomatic)
- lay on
- lay something at the feet of (idiomatic)
- patronize (obsolete)
- point the bone (idiomatic, Australia)
- put it to
- put the blame on
- shend (archaic)
- twit
- wite (Scotland)
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- blameshift (biblical)
- incriminate [⇒ thesaurus]
- misblame
- overblame
- shoot the messenger (idiomatic, humorous)
- take responsibility
- underblame
- victim-blame
- whip the cat (idiomatic)
Various
See also
Further reading
- “932. disapprobation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “blame” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.