incriminating - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | incriminating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inculpating |
| Synonyms: | damaging, damning, accusatory, compromising, condemnatory, convicting |
| Main Entry: | incriminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | allege, attack, attribute, blame, brand, charge, cite, finger*, frame, implicate, inculpate, indict, involve, name, prosecute, bring charges, hold accountable, pin on, point the finger at, serve summons |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damaging |
| Synonyms: | fatal, incriminating, ruinous, damnatory |
| 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
| 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: | 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: | embroil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in dispute; complicate |
| Synonyms: | compromise, confound, confuse, derange, disorder, disturb, disunite, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble, cause trouble |
| Antonyms: | exclude, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | enmesh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in a situation |
| Synonyms: | catch, embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, implicate, incriminate, net, snare, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap, box in, drag into, draw in, lay a trap for, lay for*, make party to |
| Antonyms: | exclude, leave out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impeach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | denounce, censure |
| Synonyms: | accuse, arraign, blame, call into question, call to account, challenge, charge, criticize, discredit, disparage, impugn, incriminate, inculpate, indict, query, question, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, tax, try, bring charges against, cast aspersions on, cast doubt on, criminate, hold at fault |
| Antonyms: | elect |
| Main Entry: | implicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply, involve |
| Synonyms: | accuse, affect, associate, blame, charge, cite, compromise, concern, connect, embroil, entangle, frame, hint, impute, include, incriminate, inculpate, insinuate, lay at one's door, link, mean, mire, name, pin on, point finger at, relate, stigmatize, suggest, tangle* |
| Antonyms: | defend, pardon, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | arraign, censure, charge, finger*, frame*, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, prosecute, summon, tax, criminate, face with charges |
| Antonyms: | absolve, acquit, exonerate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | involve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up*, necessitate, number, presuppose, prove, relate, require, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, point to, preoccupy, rivet, rope in, snarl up, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | arraign, blame, censure, charge, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, reproach, reprove, criminate |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, release |
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