blameworthyadj.
/ˈbleɪmwəːði/ Worthy or deserving of blame, culpable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy
to lackc1330
faulty1380
blameable1387
blameworthy1387
blamefulc1430
accusablea1525
wity1530
faultworthy1586
demeritorious1593
culpable1604
obnoxious1604
taxable1610
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. vi. xxvii Bote he was i-founde blameworþy in his answere.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 38 Blame~worthy, culpabilis.
1533 T. More Apol. xi, in Wks. 869/2 I am not greatlye blame woorthye therein.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xvii. 167 All men are so far free as to be praise-worthy or blame-worthy for the Good or Evil that they do.
1876 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. iii. 58 Every action which is wrong or blameworthy.
Derivatives
ˈblameworthiness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [noun]
sakeOE
wite?c1225
blame1297
guiltc1330
fault1377
culpablenessc1380
guiltinessc1480
guiltyship1557
faultiness1571
fact1583
blameworthinessa1586
delinquishment1593
obnoxiousness1610
nocency1611
delinquence1613
nocence1614
piacle1619
deliquity1682
society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] > state of
guiltinessc1480
guilt?1510
guiltyship1557
faultiness1571
blameworthinessa1586
uninnocence1593
obnoxiousness1610
nocency1611
nocence1614
culpability1675
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [noun] > blameworthiness
wite?c1225
blame1297
culpablenessc1380
faultiness1571
blameworthinessa1586
obnoxiousness1610
blameableness1654
culpability1675
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iv. sig. D1v The blame-worthinesse is, that to heare them, he rather goes to solitarinesse.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. xiii. 282 The nature of Blame-worthiness or Ill-desert.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 227 Blame I can bear though not blameworthiness.
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