self-blame

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [self bleym]
- /sɛlf bleɪm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [self bleym]
- /sɛlf bleɪm/

Definitions of self-blame word

verb with object self-blame to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him. 1
verb with object self-blame to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually followed by on): I blame the accident on her. 1
verb with object self-blame Informal. blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck. 1
noun self-blame an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident. 1
noun self-blame responsibility for anything deserving of censure: We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition. 1
idioms self-blame to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness. 1

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Origin of self-blame

First appearance:

before 1150

One of the 7% oldest English words

1150-1200; (v.) Middle English blamen < Anglo-French, Old French blasmer < Vulgar Latin *blastēmāre, for Late Latin blasphēmāre to blaspheme; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French bla(s)me, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Self-blame

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Self-blame

self-blame popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".