blame
/ˈbleɪm/
verbnounadjective
Core
1.v.put or pin the blame on
2.v.harass with constant criticism
“Don't always pick on your little brother”
3.v.attribute responsibility to
“We blamed the accident on her”
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blame and damned share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. blame means “put or pin the blame on”. damned means “expletives used informally as intensifiers”. blame is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈbleɪm/
1.v.put or pin the blame on
2.v.harass with constant criticism
“Don't always pick on your little brother”
3.v.attribute responsibility to
“We blamed the accident on her”
/ˈdæmd/
1.adj.expletives used informally as intensifiers
“he's a blasted idiot”
2.adj.in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
“poor damned souls”
3.n.people who are condemned to eternal punishment
“he felt he had visited the realm of the damned”
| blame | damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbleɪm/ | /ˈdæmd/ |
| Said | blaym | damd |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 5 | 6 |
| Parts of speech | verb, noun, adjective | adjective, noun, adverb |
| Senses | 6 | 4 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | fault | blasted, blame, blamed |
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