Word
blamed
US/ˈbɫeɪmd/
UK/blˈeɪmd/
Definitions
01held responsible
v. said that someone or something was the cause of a problem.
v. assigned responsibility for a fault, failure, or negative outcome. Transitive, often followed by the preposition 'for'.
“The manager blamed the delay on a technical problem with the computers.”
“The investigators blamed the structural failure on a combination of poor maintenance and extreme weather conditions.”
Usage
Commonly used in the passive voice: 'He was blamed for the mistake.'
Pitfall
He blamed the accident to his brother.
He blamed the accident on his brother.
You blame something 'on' someone, or blame someone 'for' something.
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02annoying or cursed
adj. a word used to show you are annoyed by something.
adj. used as a mild euphemistic intensifier to express frustration or annoyance.
“I can't get this blamed car to start in the cold weather.”
“He spent the entire afternoon trying to fix that blamed fence while the rain soaked through his coat.”
Archaic · Dialect
Teaching tip
This usage is very old-fashioned and mostly found in 19th-century literature or specific rural dialects; modern speakers would use 'damn' or 'stupid' instead.
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