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| Main Entry: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse; place responsibility |
| Synonyms: | admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on, censure, charge, chide, climb all over, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, finger*, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over, jump down one's throat, knock*, lay a bad trip on, lay at one's door, lay to, let one have it, lower the boom, pass the buck*, point the finger, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast*, saddle, skin*, stick it to, tax, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accountability, burden, fault, guilt, liability, onus, rap*, answerability, culpability, incrimination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal attack |
| Synonyms: | blame, censure, curse, defamation, derision, invective, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, put-down, reproach, scolding, slander, swearing, tirade, vituperation, bad-mouthing, castigation, curses, hosing, insults, kicking around, knifing, pushing around, quinine, revilement, signifying, upbraiding, vilification |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | acclamation, adulation, approval, commendation, plaudit, praise |
| Main Entry: | accuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place blame for wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle*, brand, censure, charge, cite, complain, denounce, finger*, frame, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, libel, litigate, name, prosecute, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax, bring charges, criminate, file claim, hang something on, hold accountable, lay at door, let have it, lodge complaint, pin on, point finger at, recriminate, serve summons |
| Antonyms: | absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arraign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | blame, charge, criminate, hang on, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay at one's door, pin it on, point the finger at, summon |
| Antonyms: | discharge, exonerate, free, let go |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal assault |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aggression, blame, calumny, censure, criticism, denunciation, libel, slander, belligerence, combativeness, denigration, impugnment, pugnacity, vilification |
| Antonyms: | defense, reprisal, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault verbally |
| Synonyms: | abuse, berate, blame, blitz, censure, criticize, impugn, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, malign, refute, reprove, revile, shoot down*, stretch, vilify |
| Antonyms: | defend, resist, submit, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascribe, assign to source |
| Synonyms: | account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, trace, fix upon, hold responsible, pin on |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental weight; stress |
| Synonyms: | Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe criticism |
| Synonyms: | admonition, blame, condemnation, disapproval, objection, obloquy, rebuke, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stricture, admonishment, castigation, dressing down, reprehension |
| Antonyms: | approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, ratification, recommendation, sanction |
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn; criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, attack, backbite, berate, blame, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up*, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, ostracize, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tell off, upbraid, animadvert, asperse, carp at, exprobate, find fault with, get after, look askance, pick apart, pull apart, read out, take to task, tear apart |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | arraign, blame, censure, finger*, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, involve, peg, reprehend, reproach, tax, turn on, blow the whistle on, criminate, drag into court, hang something on, point the finger at, whistle-blow |
| Antonyms: | exculpate, exonerate, free |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, lecture |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, check, condemn, flay, lesson, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, slap on the wrist*, take down*, tell off, upbraid, call down*, call on the carpet, exprobate, find fault, give a hard time, monish, speak to, take down a peg, talk to, tick off* |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | criticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disapprove, judge as bad |
| Synonyms: | bash, blame, blast, blister, carp, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, come down on, condemn, cut down*, cut up*, denounce, disparage, dress down*, excoriate, fluff*, hit, knock*, lambaste*, pan, rap*, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, reprove, rip*, roast*, scorch*, skin*, slam*, slog*, slug*, take down*, trash*, trim*, zap*, animadvert on, cut to bits, denunciate, do a number on, find fault, fulminate against, fustigate, give bad press, jump on, nag at, nit-pick, pick at, scathe, skin alive |
| Antonyms: | approve, compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
| Synonyms: | accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat*, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, charge with, denunciate, hang something on, inveigh against, take to task |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | disapproval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation |
| Synonyms: | blackball*, blame, boo*, boycott, catcall*, censure, criticism, denunciation, discontent, disfavor, dislike, disparagement, displeasure, dissatisfaction, hiss*, nix*, objection, opprobrium, ostracism, reproach, reproof, stricture, thumbs down, vitriol, zing*, black list, brickbat, call down, castigation, deprecation, disapprobation, slap on wrist |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, endorsement, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disapprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn |
| Synonyms: | blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discountenance, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, expostulate, look down on, nix*, oppose, pan*, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, slam, spurn, turn down, veto, zing*, discommend, disesteem, dispraise, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, object to, pass on, set aside, take dim view of, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction |
* = 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
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