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accusatory

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ac·cu·sa·to·ry  (-kyz-tôr, -tr) also ac·cu·sa·to·ri·al (-tôr-l, -tr-)
adj.
Containing or implying accusation: an accusatory glare.
ac·cusa·tori·ly adv.
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Adj.1.accusatoryaccusatory - containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"
accusative, accusing, accusive
inculpative, inculpatory - causing blame to be imputed to


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" One black ox, with a white cravat on - who even had to my awakened conscience something of a clerical air - fixed me so obstinately with his eyes, and moved his blunt head round in such an accusatory manner as I moved round, that I blubbered out to him, "I couldn't help it, sir
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I may be hypersensitive,' she said, dropping her voice from the accusatory register to the lower tones of pathos, 'but I have such high ideals of love.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
A man arrived yesterday from Yanina, bringing a formidable array of documents; and when we hesitated to publish the accusatory article, he told us it should be inserted in some other paper.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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