blameable
Americanadjective
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Gillibrand is not the only candidate to suffer and her woes are not solely blameable on her gender.
From The Guardian • May 20, 2019
A man is blameable who makes exceptions to laws in his own private interest.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
The blameable error lies in miscalculation, and not in rapidity of performance.
From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
The King was held blameable because not a single soldier commissioned by him had been found beside his daughter to draw the sword in her defence.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von
She is blameable to ridicule the attentions which are meant as complimentary to her.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
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