blamed

[ bleymd ]
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adjective
  1. confounded: The blamed car won't start.

adverb
  1. confoundedly; excessively: It's blamed cold out tonight.

Origin of blamed

1
First recorded in 1825–35; blame + -ed2

Other words from blamed

  • un·blamed, adjective

Words Nearby blamed

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How to use blamed in a sentence

  • "It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • blamed ef I'd lived in a country all my life, ef I wouldn't know better'n to git caught out in such weather's this!

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • "blamed if they ain't got company, from the look uh things," he grunted, squinting down.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • "We'll be blamed lucky if we don't run into a prairie-fire before mornin'," Piegan grumbled.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • She ain't comin' t' no harm just now, or it wouldn't be so blamed peaceful around there.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for blamed

blamed

/ (bleɪmd) /


adjective, adverb
  1. mainly US a euphemistic word for damned (def. 2), damned (def. 3)

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