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blame
noun as in condemnation
Strongest match
Strong matches
accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade
Weak match
noun as in responsibility
Strongest matches
accountability, burden, culpability, fault, guilt, liability, onus
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The group blamed authorities for not adequately responding to warnings of attacks and ignoring calls for help by villagers.
Townshend later blamed that incident for his hearing loss and tinnitus.
Some Labour MPs blamed the policy for the party's losses in the May local elections and the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
Announcing the visa ban in August, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed Palestinian officials for undermining peace efforts and for seeking "the unilateral recognition of a conjectural Palestinian state".
Many political leaders have called for calm, and for people to wait for the investigation into the suspect’s motivations before jumping to conclusions or casting blame.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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