blamable

or blame·a·ble

[ bley-muh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. deserving blame; censurable.

Origin of blamable

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at blame, -able

Other words from blamable

  • blam·a·bly, adverb
  • non·blam·a·ble, adjective
  • non·blam·a·ble·ness, noun
  • non·blam·a·bly, adverb
  • un·blam·a·ble, adjective
  • un·blam·a·ble·ness, noun
  • un·blam·a·bly, adverb

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How to use blamable in a sentence

  • If God put a beggar on horseback, would the horse be blamable for galloping to Monte Carlo?

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • Violence and excitement, perhaps, differing altogether from what I felt, are no less blamable.

  • I choose to know the whole truth; I am a man who can hear it and keep silence about your enterprise, however blamable it maybe.

    Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
  • It being impossible not to condemn evil, all the commentators discussed the question, What is blamable and what is not blamable?

    My Religion | Leo Tolstoy
  • But though we think the conduct of the Regicides blamable, that of Milton appears to us in a very different light.