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blame

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

1blame

verb \ˈblām\
blamedblam·ing

Definition of BLAME

transitive verb
1
: to find fault with : censure <the right to praise or blame a literary work>
2
a : to hold responsible <they blame me for everything> b : to place responsibility for <blames it on me>
blam·er noun
to blame
: at fault : responsible <says he's not to blame for the accident>

Usage Discussion of BLAME

Use of blame in sense 2b with on has occasionally been disparaged as wrong. Such disparagement is without basis; blame on occurs as frequently in carefully edited prose as blame for. Both are standard.

Examples of BLAME

  1. Don't blame me. You are responsible for your own problems.
  2. My father always blames everything on me.
  3. I blame the poor harvest on the weather.

Origin of BLAME

Middle English, from Anglo-French blamer, blasmer, from Late Latin blasphemare to blaspheme, from Greek blasphēmein
First Known Use: 13th century

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