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Accusation - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | accusation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge of wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allegation, arraignment, beef*, blast*, bum rap*, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, imputation, indictment, insinuation, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk*, stink*, attribution, impeachment, incrimination, recrimination |
| Antonyms: | praise, exculpation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration, delation; crimination; incrimination, accrimination, recrimination; tu quoque argument; invective [more]., denunciation, denouncement; libel, challenge, citation, arraignment; impeachment, appeachment; indictment, bill of indictment, true bill; lawsuit [more]; condemnation [more]., gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending, argumentum ad hominem; scandal (detraction) [more]; scandalum magnatum., accuser, prosecutor, plaintiff; relator, informer; appellant., accused, defendant, prisoner, panel, respondent; litigant.
-verbs
accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach., brand with reproach; stigmatize, slur; cast a stone at, cast a slur on; incriminate, criminate; inculpate, implicate; call to account (censure) [more]; take to blame, take to task; put in the black book., inform against, indict, denounce, arraign; impeach, appeach; have up, show up, pull up; challenge, cite, lodge a complaint; prosecute, bring an action against [more]; blow upon., charge with, saddle with; lay to one's door, lay charge; lay the blame on, bring home to; cast in one's teeth, throw in one's teeth; cast the first stone at., have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for; have a crow to pluck with., trump up a charge.
-adjectives
accusing; accusatory, accusative; imputative, denunciatory; recriminatory, criminatory., accused; suspected; under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance; in custody, in detention; in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention., accusable, imputable; indefensible, inexcusable; unpardonable, unjustifiable; vicious [more].
-phrases
"the breath of accusation kills an innocent name" [Shelley]; "thou can'st not say I did it' [Macbeth].
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| Main Entry: | allegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion placing blame |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affirmation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, plea, profession, statement, asservation, overment |
| Main Entry: | condemnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blaming, conviction |
| Synonyms: | accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, reproach, reproof, sentence, stricture, denouncement, proscription, reprobation |
| Antonyms: | absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release |
| Main Entry: | denunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation, criticism |
| Synonyms: | accusation, arraignment, blame, censure, charge, damning, fulmination, indictment, invective, knock*, obloquy, rap*, reprimand, castigation, cursing, denouncement, derogation, dressing down, incrimination, reprehension, reprobation, smearing, stigmatization, upbraidment, vilification |
| Antonyms: | appreciation, approval, commendation, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal abuse |
| Synonyms: | accusation, blame, blasphemy, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, obloquy, philippic, reproach, sarcasm, tirade, tongue-lashing, vituperation, berating, billingsgate, castigation, jeremiad, revilement, scurrility, vilification |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | lawsuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case brought to court |
| Synonyms: | accusation, action, argument, arraignment, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, indictment, litigation, proceedings, prosecution, suit, trial, assumpsit, impeachment, presentment, replevin |
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, calumny, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put-down*, rap*, reflection, reproach, slam, smear, stain, stigma, stricture, brickbat, dirty dig, zinger |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ascription |
| Synonyms: | accusation, allegation, insinuation, attribution, incrimination |
| Main Entry: | true bill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grand jury indictment |
| Synonyms: | accusation, arraignment, claim, indictment, bill of indictment, impeachment, justifiable charge |
| Main Entry: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation |
| Synonyms: | accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, censure, charge, complaint, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, implication, imputation, indictment, invective, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade, attribution, castigation, chiding, disapprobation, expostulation, exprobation, impeachment, incrimination, inculpation, objurgation, recrimination, reprehension, reprobation |
| Antonyms: | applause, commendation, exaltation, exoneration, praise, thanks, exculpation |
| Main Entry: | complaint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of disagreement, discontent |
| Synonyms: | accusation, annoyance, beef*, cavil, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, fault-finding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff*, kick, lament, moan, objection, protest, rap, remonstrance, representation, reproach, rumble*, squawk, stink, trouble, wail, whine, CC, expostulation, jeremiad, plaint, protestation, remonstration |
| Antonyms: | applause, approval, commendation, happiness, praise, recommendation, sanction, contentedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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