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blameful

/bleym-fuhl/US // ˈbleɪm fəl //UK // (ˈbleɪmfʊl) //

咎由自取,负有责任的,负有责任,难辞其咎

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deserving blame; blameworthy: blameful neglect.
    • : Archaic. imputing blame; accusing.

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Examples

  • Ther blood-curse hes laid on these hyar hills full long, an' God Almighty will hold ye blameful ef ye don't stop this killin'.

  • No word has ever been uttered to their moral detriment; they are, in this blameful age, among the most blameless of its people.

  • And shame me not for nought, I'll freely own whate'er amiss, Or blameful I have wrought.

  • Ruskin wrote that in all his life he had never heard from Turner one unkind or blameful word for others.

  • I never saw him let pass, without some sorrowful remonstrance or endeavor at mitigation, a blameful word spoken by another.