blameworthy

1. 1.

   deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious

   “blameworthy if not criminal behavior”

   “censurable misconduct”

   “culpable negligence”

   Synonymsblamableblameableblamefulcensurableculpable

   Similarguilty

Questions about blameworthy

What does blameworthy mean?

blameworthy means "deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious".

How many syllables are in blameworthy?

blameworthy has 4 syllables: bla-me-wor-thy. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for blameworthy?

Close synonyms include blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blameworthy a common word?

blameworthy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.