blame : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blame	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for blame
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blame adj expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal n 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" Synonym(s): incrimination, inculpation, blame a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" Synonym(s): blame, rap v put or pin the blame on Synonym(s): blame, fault [ant: absolve, free, justify] harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother" Synonym(s): blame, find fault, pick attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" Synonym(s): blame, charge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blame \Blame\, n. [OE. blame, fr. F. bl[83]me, OF. blasme, fr. bl[83]mer, OF. blasmer, to blame. See {Blame}, v.] 1. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure. Let me bear the blame forever. --Gen. xiiii. 9. 2. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin. Holy and without blame before him in love. --Eph. i. 4. 3. Hurt; injury. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blame \Blame\ (bl[amac]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blamed} (bl[amac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaming}.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[83]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. {Blaspheme}, and see {Fame}.] 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. --Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.] She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser. {To blame}, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. --Shak.