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How is the word blamable different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of blamable are blameworthy, culpable, and guilty. While all these words mean "deserving reproach or punishment," blameworthy and blamable apply to any degree of reprehensibility.

conduct adjudged blameworthy
an accident for which no one is blamable

When could culpable be used to replace blamable?

While the synonyms culpable and blamable are close in meaning, culpable is weaker than guilty and is likely to connote malfeasance or errors of ignorance, omission, or negligence.

culpable neglect

When would guilty be a good substitute for blamable?

The words guilty and blamable are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, guilty implies responsibility for or consciousness of crime, sin, or, at the least, grave error or misdoing.

guilty of a breach of etiquette

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blamable
Adjective
  • In 2017, Dennis pled guilty to drug paraphernalia charges, according to this court docket.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.
    Hanna Hart, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The Brazil international was partly culpable for a Manchester City goal on the opening day of the season, but few Wolves supporters expected to see him on the substitutes’ bench at Bournemouth, with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde preferred as Joao Gomes’s midfield partner.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • As the Air Canada example shows, chatbots are not held culpable for giving customers misleading information—companies are.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This egregious act is reprehensible and never should have occurred.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • These acts are not only morally reprehensible but also flagrant violations of international law.
    Irwin Redlener, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This novel centers on the great sorcerer Ged, who, as a power-hungry, reckless youngster, tampered with deep secrets and cast a shadow over the world.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Olivia Wilkins, 24, was charged with aggravated reckless conduct, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, driving to endanger, hindering apprehension, obstructing government administration and failure to stop for an officer, the Department of Homeland Security said.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Blamable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blamable. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

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