blameable

American  

[bley-muh-buhl] / ˈbleɪ mə bəl /

adjective

1. blamable.

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Usage

What does blameable mean? Blameable is used to describe someone or something that deserves to be blamed for something negative that has happened. It is also spelled blamable. The word blameworthy means the same thing and is more commonly used. Another synonym is blameful. To blame someone for something is to accuse them of having caused it or to hold them responsible for it. The word blame is always used in the context of something bad that happened—you don’t blame someone for something good. However, when someone is blamed for something, it doesn’t mean they are guilty of it—it simply means they are being accused of being guilty of it. The word blame can also be used as a noun referring to the responsibility for something negative that happened. This is how the word is used in the phrase assign blame. As a noun, blame can also mean the disapproval, condemnation, or criticism for something bad that happened, as in He deserves most of the blame for the loss. Calling a person blameable indicates the belief that they are responsible for what happened and that they should receive the criticism for having caused it. Example: Those who participated in the fraud should be held responsible, but those who knew about it and did nothing are also blameable.

Other Word Forms

• blameably adverb

Example Sentences

Gillibrand is not the only candidate to suffer and her woes are not solely blameable on her gender.

From The Guardian • May 20, 2019

That such a Treatment would be blameable respecting any Individual; how much more so, in Prejudice of a whole People.

From An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland by Brooke, Henry

I will only leave you to judge if his Inclination to Peace is blameable.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Button-holding is a common but most blameable breach of good manners.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.

That gross ingratitude I could never forgive, and if in reprisal, the cause I once advocated suffers, can I be held blameable?

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 by Various