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To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

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  1. v. t. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
  2. v. t. To bring reproach upon; to blemish.
  3. v. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
  4. v. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin.
  5. v. Hurt; injury.
  6. adj. expletives used informally as intensifiers
  7. n. an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
  8. n. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
  9. v. put or pin the blame on
  10. v. harass with constant criticism
  11. v. attribute responsibility to
  12. 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. Tillotson. 2. 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. 1. An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure. Let me bear the blame forever. Gen. xiiii. 9. 2. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin. Holy and without blame before him in love. Eph. i. 4. 3. Hurt; injury. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing.