blamed

[ bleymd ]

adjective

1. confounded:

   The blamed car won't start.

adverb

1. confoundedly; excessively:

   It's blamed cold out tonight.

blamed

/ bleɪmd /

adjective

1. a euphemistic word for damned damned

Other Words From

• un·blamed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blamed¹

First recorded in 1825–35; blame + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But it has now become so widespread in Israel and Palestine that many environmentalists have blamed devastating wildfires on its unnatural proliferation.

From Salon

Two of the parents blamed their daughters' absences on school policies disallowing access to toilets during lessons, preventing them from changing sanitary products.

From BBC

But farmers can’t be entirely blamed for this because this is the cheapest way of clearing fields.

From BBC

His critique of the FDA’s “war on public health” also blamed the agency for ostensibly suppressing “clean foods, sunshine, exercise ... and anything else that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some might have felt shame, some may have even blamed themselves and asked, what did I do wrong?

From Salon