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blameworthy

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blame·wor·thy  (blmwûr)
adj. blame·wor·thi·er, blame·wor·thi·est
Deserving blame; reprehensible.
blameworthi·ness n.
Synonyms: blameworthy, blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible
These adjectives mean meriting reproof or punishment: blameworthy behavior; blamable but understandable resentment; blameful impulsiveness; censurable misconduct; culpable negligence; guilty deeds; reprehensible arrogance.
Antonym: blameless
blameworthy
Adjective
deserving blame
blameworthiness n
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Adj.1.blameworthy - deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"
blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable
guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"


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Speranski went on to say that honor, l'honeur, cannot be upheld by privileges harmful to the service; that honor, l'honneur, is either a negative concept of not doing what is blameworthy or it is a source of emulation in pursuit of commendation and rewards, which recognize it.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
And when events turn out so much better for a man than he has had reason to dread, is it not a proof that his conduct has been less foolish and blameworthy than it might otherwise have appeared?
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
There was really something blameworthy (she thought) in their joint contemplation of the shadowy stream, in the common impulse which had turned them to the house without the passing of a look or word.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
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