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the situation in which people say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening: Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= say that the reason for the disease is) poor housing conditions.
The meaning of BLAME is to find fault with : censure. How to use blame in a sentence. Is it blame on or blame for?: Usage Guide
the situation in which people say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening: Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= say that the reason for the disease is) poor housing conditions.
If you blame someone for something, you say or think that someone did something wrong. If someone is to blame for something, they caused something bad to happen.
Blame is about being responsible for something that's bad or has gone wrong. If you have a headache, you might blame it on the heat, or on not getting enough sleep.
blame (for something) responsibility for doing something badly or wrongly; saying that somebody is responsible for something. Why do I always get the blame for everything that goes wrong? to lay/put the blame for something on somebody. The government will have to take the blame for the riots.
to think or say that somebody/something is responsible for something bad. blame somebody/something for something She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death. A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire. Why is he blaming others for his problems? blame somebody/something for doing something You can't really blame them for not telling you.
noun. responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability. an expression of condemnation; reproof. be to blame. to be at fault or culpable.
blame, censure, condemn imply finding fault with someone or something. To blame is to hold accountable for, and disapprove because of, some error, mistake, omission, neglect, or the like: Whom do you blame for the disaster?
Synonyms for BLAME: criticize, fault, condemn, denounce, knock, attack, find fault (with), scold; Antonyms of BLAME: praise, extol, laud, approve, recommend, commend, endorse, extoll
