blame
/bleɪm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
Uncountable
verb
To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
Transitive verb
verb
To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
Example Sentences
- "Blame came from all directions."
- "The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist."
- "They accepted the blame, but it was an accident."
- "The student driver was blamed for the accident."
- "After what happened at the wedding, I wouldn't blame you if you never spoke to them again."
- "These peculiarities of Dorothea's character caused Mr Brooke to be all the more blamed in neighbouring families for not securing some middle-aged lady as guide and companion to his nieces."
Etymology
From Middle English blame, borrowed from Old French blame, blasme, produced from the verb blasmer, which in turn is derived from Late Latin blastēmāre, variant of blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blaspheme. Displaced native Old English tǣling (“blame”) and tǣlan (“to blame”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blame, blastemo, βλασφημέω, blamen, blasmer, blasphēmo
Usage
Inflected Forms
blames (present, singular)
blaming (participle, present)
blamed (participle, past)
blamed (past)
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glossary (inflection template)
blamed (first person, past)
blamest (archaic, present)
blamed (past, second person)
blamedst (archaic, past)
blameth (archaic, present)
blamed (past, singular)
Derived Forms
blameful
blameless
blameshift
blamesmanship
blamestorm
blameworthy
blamey
blamable
blameable
blamer
misblame
overblame