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blameworthy

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪmˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbleɪmˌwɚði/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Yes, my life has been blameworthy; I confess it. But you know nothing of its temptations.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: at fault, to blame, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, guilty, nocent, reprehensible

Antonyms: praiseworthy

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blameworthy if not criminal behavior
  • censurable misconduct
  • culpable negligence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English blame worthy, blame-worthy, equivalent to blame + -worthy.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَلُوم (malūm) — deserving blame or censure
  • Catalan: culpable — deserving blame or censure
  • Dutch: afkeurenswaardig — deserving blame or censure
  • Finnish: moitittava — deserving blame or censure
  • French: blâmable — deserving blame or censure
  • German: verdammenswert — deserving blame or censure
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπίψογος (epípsogos) — deserving blame or censure
  • Ido: blaminda — deserving blame or censure
  • Italian: biasimabile — deserving blame or censure
  • Italian: deprecabile — deserving blame or censure
  • Italian: vituperabile — deserving blame or censure
  • Korean: 책임이 있는 (chaegimi inneun) — deserving blame or censure
  • Latin: accūsābilis — deserving blame or censure
  • Latin: reprehensibilis — deserving blame or censure
  • Latin: vituperābilis — deserving blame or censure
  • Macedonian: ви́новен (vínoven) — deserving blame or censure
  • Middle English: blame worthy — deserving blame or censure
  • Portuguese: culpável — deserving blame or censure
  • Romanian: condamnabil — deserving blame or censure
  • Romanian: de condamnat — deserving blame or censure
  • Russian: посты́дный (postýdnyj) — deserving blame or censure
  • Russian: досто́йный порица́ния (dostójnyj poricánija) — deserving blame or censure
  • Spanish: culpable — deserving blame or censure
  • Spanish: reprensible — deserving blame or censure
  • Spanish: reprehensible — deserving blame or censure
  • Swedish: klandervärd — deserving blame or censure