blameworthy

blame·worthy
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UK/ˈbleɪmˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/US/ˈbleɪmˌwɚði/

adjective

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

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

Similar
at faultto blamecensurableculpableguiltynocentreprehensibleblamable
Opposite
praiseworthy
OriginMiddle English blame worthy →
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Meanings

adjectiveblameworthy (comparative more blameworthy, superlative most blameworthy)

comparative more blameworthy · superlative most blameworthy · alternative blame-worthy

  1. Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

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

    1 more example

    And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]

    1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 140

    Synonyms: at fault, to blame, at fault, censurable, culpable, guilty, nocent, reprehensible · Antonyms: praiseworthy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDeserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

Similar
at faultto blameat faultcensurableculpableguiltynocentreprehensibleto blame
Opposite
praiseworthy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedeserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious

Similar
blamableblameableblamefulcensurableculpableguilty
Also see
baseblamableblamefulcarrioncensurablecontemptiblecriminalculpablederisibledespicableguiltyignominiousingloriouslashlaughablelaxmiserablemurrainnocentpatheticpissasspunkremissreprehensiblereprehensivereptilianscabbedscandalousscummyscurvyshitto blameungloriousunjustifiablewoefulwretched

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishblame worthy
  2. Englishblameworthy

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἐπίψογος
  • ἐπίψογος (epípsogos)deserving blame or censure
Arabic مَلُوم
  • مَلُوم (malūm)deserving blame or censure
Catalan culpable
  • culpabledeserving blame or censure
Dutch afkeurenswaardig
  • afkeurenswaardigdeserving blame or censure
Finnish moitittava
  • moitittavadeserving blame or censure
French blâmable
  • blâmabledeserving blame or censure
German verdammenswert
  • verdammenswertdeserving blame or censure
Italian biasimabile, deprecabile
  • biasimabiledeserving blame or censure
  • deprecabiledeserving blame or censure
  • vituperabiledeserving blame or censure
Korean 책임이 있는
  • 책임이 있는 (chaegimi inneun)deserving blame or censure
Latin accūsābilis, reprehensibilis
  • accūsābilisdeserving blame or censure
  • reprehensibilisdeserving blame or censure
  • vituperābilisdeserving blame or censure
Portuguese culpável
  • culpáveldeserving blame or censure
Romanian condamnabil, de condamnat
  • condamnabildeserving blame or censure
  • de condamnatdeserving blame or censure
Russian посты́дный, досто́йный порица́ния
  • посты́дный (postýdnyj)deserving blame or censure
  • досто́йный порица́ния (dostójnyj poricánija)deserving blame or censure
Spanish culpable, reprensible
  • culpabledeserving blame or censure
  • reprensibledeserving blame or censure
  • reprehensibledeserving blame or censure
Swedish klandervärd
  • klandervärddeserving blame or censure
Cite this entry
APA

blameworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blameworthy

MLA

“blameworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blameworthy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blameworthy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blameworthy.

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