Usually means: Assigning blame or fault directly.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. accusatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. accusatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. accusatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. accusatory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. accusatory: Vocabulary.com
  6. accusatory: Wordnik
  7. accusatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. accusatory: Wiktionary
  9. accusatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. accusatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. accusatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. accusatory: Dictionary.com
  13. Accusatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. accusatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. accusatory: Rhymezone
  16. Accusatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. accusatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. accusatory: FreeDictionary.org
  19. accusatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. accusatory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. accusatory: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  22. accusatory: Merriam-Webster

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  1. accusatory: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. accusatory: Legal dictionary

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  1. accusatory: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.

Similar:
accusing, accusative, inculpatory, accusive, inculpative, accusatorial, accusatival, criminatory, adjudicatory, adjectional, more...

Opposite:
exonerating, vindicating, justifying

Types:
judgmental, condemning, critical, derogatory, mocking, sarcastic, snide, more...

Phrases:
self accusatory, underlying accusatory, accusatory look, questioning in an accusatory manner, more...

Adjectives:
more, self, less, non, sound, angry, very, somewhat, hears, depressive, expository

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Similar:
accusing, accusative, inculpatory, accusive, inculpative, accusatorial, accusatival, criminatory, adjudicatory, adjectional, more...

Opposite:
exonerating, vindicating, justifying

Types:
judgmental, condemning, critical, derogatory, mocking, sarcastic, snide, more...

Phrases:
self accusatory, underlying accusatory, accusatory look, questioning in an accusatory manner, more...

Adjectives:
more, self, less, non, sound, angry, very, somewhat, hears, depressive, expository



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