Crossword clues for blaming
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blame \Blame\ (bl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blamed (bl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Blaming.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[^a]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. Blaspheme, and see Fame.]
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To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
We have none to blame but ourselves.
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To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.]
She . . . blamed her noble blood.
--Spenser.To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident.
You were to blame, I must be plain with you.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of blame English)
Wikipedia
Blaming is the last novel by Elizabeth Taylor. It was first published, posthumously, in 1976.
Amy's husband dies while she is on a cruise, and she is befriended by Martha, an awkward young American writer. "The novel describes Amy's reluctant obligation to this fragile person and her internal narrative attempting to justify the distance she wants to keep. "
Usage examples of "blaming".
Suddenly they stop talking in a loving manner and automatically begin hurting each other: blaming, complaining, accusing, demanding, resenting, and doubting.
Why, after two years of solid evidence pointing to Syrian and Iranian involvement, was the government now blaming Libya — and on such flimsy pretenses?
Why don’t you quit blaming all this on some past injustice, and make them take responsibility for their own actions?
For my money, Beavis and Butt-head represented some of the best American satire of the nineties, and Snoop and his fellow rappers have much to say about America’s social ills, so I’m not going down the road of blaming MTV.
On this particular Sunday morning, perhaps as my punishment for not being at Mass, I was forced to listen to magazine columnist Fred Barnes (now an editor at the right-wing Weekly Standard and cohost of the Fox News show The Beltway Boys) whine on and on about the sorry state of American education, blaming the teachers and their evil union for why students are doing so poorly.
The surface elves had always denied the existence of Urgutha Forka, blaming the plague on the drow, but the dark elves knew better.
In her moment of anger and terror at seeing the man fall from the tower, in her moment of guilt blaming herself for the man's fall because of her missed bowshot, the viciously sentient sword Khazid’hea had found its way into her thoughts yet again, prodding her into a frenzy.
I misinterpreted the cause of her distress and thought she was blaming me.
If he assumes she is blaming him, then he draws his sword to protect himself from attack.
A man needs to work at remembering that complaining about problems does not mean blaming and that when a woman complains she is generally just letting go of her frustrations by talking about them.
They strike out by blaming, judging, criticizing, and making their partner look wrong.
Remembering that women are from Venus, 1 Practiced not blaming her for being upset.
By taking responsibility for giving too much, she can give up blaming him for the problem and start a new scorecard.
Having become more centered, you can then go to your partner and speak to him or her in a more loving way‑a way that is less judgmental or blaming.
He was perfectly capable of raping her and blaming it on her for being a tease.