Synonyms of blamed

blamed

verb

past tense of blame

as in criticized

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of

more concerned with pleasing audiences, the playwright has always claimed to be indifferent to whether critics praise his comedies or blame them without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criticized
• condemned
• faulted
• denounced
• knocked
• attacked
• slammed
• scolded
• panned
• tweaked
• censured
• complained
• slagged
• found fault (with)
• reprehended
• kicked
• slashed
• lashed
• dispraised
• blasted
• dissed
• assailed
• admonished
• came down hard (on)
• muttered
• grumbled
• whined
• took to task
• moaned
• reprimanded
• clobbered
• murmured
• skewered
• berated
• groused
• griped
• upbraided
• bitched
• rebuked
• beefed
• excoriated
• decried
• growled
• disparaged
• derided
• nicked (at)
• crucified
• quibbled
• reproached
• lambasted
• castigated
• pilloried
• sniped (at)
• niggled
• carped
• belittled
• reproved
• bellyached
• kvetched
• chid
• flayed
• caviled
• hammered
• drubbed
• croaked
• crabbed
• gibbeted
• bad-mouthed
• fussed
• keelhauled
• discommended
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• approved
• recommended
• endorsed
• extolled
• lauded
• sanctioned
• commended

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blamed

At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Many senior Democrats blamed her, along with the rest of the family and his close aides, for hiding his condition. — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026

Last week, the Ukranian government blamed temporary speed restrictions imposed on the country’s military grade Starlink communications network for slowing its drones network. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

McMullen’s departure was blamed on unspecified personal behavior issues. — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Yohanna Akol Ngor, the Abyei administration’s caretaker information minister, blamed Sudan ’s military for Monday's attack on Amiet Market, north of Abyei town. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

That opportunity, in fact, came only days later when Vance blamed the riots in Paris over the weekend on, of course, immigrants. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2026

But instead of denouncing the class of managers and industrialists who profited from the paint factories, the doctors blamed the workers for their poor condition, citing their dedication to their jobs as its primary cause. — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026