blame
pronunciation
How to pronounce blame in British English:
UK [bleɪm]
How to pronounce blame in American English:
US [bleɪm]
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- Noun:
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
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- Verb:
- put or pin the blame on
- harass with constant criticism
- attribute responsibility to
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- Adjective:
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
Word Origin
- blame
- blame: [12] Blame and blaspheme are ultimately the same word. Both come from Greek blasphēmein ‘say profane things about’, but whereas blaspheme has stuck to the path of ‘profanity’, blame has developed the more down-to-earth sense ‘reproach, censure’. The radical change of form seems to have come via blastēmāre, a demotic offshoot of late Latin blasphēmāre, which passed into Old French as blasmer, later blamer (whence English blame).=> blaspheme
- blame (v.)
- c. 1200, "find fault with;" c. 1300, "lay blame on," from Old French blasmer (12c., Modern French blâmer) "to rebuke, reprimand, condemn, criticize," from Vulgar Latin *blastemare, from Late Latin blasphemare "revile, reproach" (see blaspheme). Replaced Old English witan with long "i." Related: Blamed; blaming.
- blame (n.)
- early 13c., from Old French blasme "blame, reproach; condemnation," a back-formation from blasmer (see blame (v.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. The camera is to blame !
- 2. And who could blame them ?
- 3. And who can blame her ?
- 4. Who can blame them for that ?
- 5. The blame fell on palestinian terrorists .