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accusatory

adjective as in accusatorial

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The man’s voice reached me in an accusatory tone, as if I were being tried for some heinous crime.

The show’s mildly accusatory title evokes an idea of conversation in jeopardy, and operates on a number of levels.

Ad Council researchers also found that some possible messaging approaches, such as encouraging Americans to be vaccinated because it’s “the right thing to do,” were rejected as pushy or accusatory in surveyed groups.

A quick search led me not only to the accusatory tweets, but to the explosion of internet chatter that followed in their wake.

Where health is concerned though, the accusatory finger of discrimination pivots.

By now there are many hundreds of these tweets, varying from vehement to vituperative, from accusatory to abusive.

And he pointed an accusatory finger beyond riders to irresponsible managers and the shady doctors who enable a doping culture.

Indictments are accusatory instruments that have no evidentiary weight at all.

Biddy got up at this, as if the accusatory tone prompted her to place herself generously at his side.

He darted accusatory finger at the disconsolate pair where they stood gazing down upon the place of Crymble's sepulture.

Other times, other manners; accusatory declamation is simply a luxury of Old Age!

As Kennedy's voice rang out, more and more accusatory, Rita Tourville became more and more uncontrollably nervous.

The spirit of the old accusatory procedure was applied to the new procedure by inquest.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to accusatory, such as: accusing, accusive, and denunciatory.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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