1. Expletive used informally as an intensifier
   "it's a blamed shame";
   - blasted [informal], blame [N. Amer, informal], blessed [informal], damn [informal], damned [informal], darned [informal], deuced [informal], goddam [informal], goddamn [informal], goddamned [informal], infernal [informal], dashed [Brit, informal], doggone [N. Amer, informal]

1. Put or pin the blame on
   "He blamed his colleagues for the project's failure";
   - fault
    
2. Harass with constant criticism
   "The supervisor blamed the new employee for everything";
   - find fault, pick
    
3. Attribute responsibility to
   "We blamed the accident on her";
   - charge

See also: cursed, curst [archaic]

Type of: accuse, ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], impute, knock [informal], pick apart

Antonym: absolve

Encyclopedia: Blamed