recriminatory

1. 1.

   countering one charge with another

   “recriminatory arguments”

   Synonymsrecriminative

   Similarinculpatory

Questions about recriminatory

What does recriminatory mean?

recriminatory means "countering one charge with another".

How many syllables are in recriminatory?

recriminatory has 6 syllables: re-cri-mi-na-to-ry. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for recriminatory?

Close synonyms include recriminative. 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 recriminatory a common word?

recriminatory 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.