Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misblame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-blame
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To blame wrongly; to blame one who is not guilty.

Example Sentences

"It would focus rather on those who in the terrible spotlight of hindsight could be misblamed for the tragedies in the first place. Americans in Vietnam, unilateralists in Rhodesia, those who maintain the modern partitions of an ancient Holy Land."
"I need to remember that I am responsible for my feelings. I have often misblamed another for my bad emotional state."
"The latter group misinterprets ambiguous social stimuli, misblames others, and often responds with inappropriate anger-aggravated hostility."

Etymology

From mis- + blame.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misblames (present, singular) misblaming (participle, present) misblamed (participle, past) misblamed (past)

Questions

What does misblame mean?: To blame wrongly; to blame one who is not guilty.
Where does misblame come from?: From mis- + blame.

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