blamed

[bleymd]

adjective

1. confounded.

   The blamed car won't start.

adverb

1. confoundedly; excessively.

   It's blamed cold out tonight.

blamed

/ bleɪmd /

adjective

1. a euphemistic word for damned damned

Other Word Forms

• unblamed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blamed¹

First recorded in 1825–35; blame + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He also blamed Kagame's failure to attend for the failure of the previous round of truce talks, brokered by Angola.

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On Friday, thousands of demonstrators gathered in the city to call for the closure of facilities at an ageing chemical factory blamed for hundreds of poisoning cases.

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He blamed previous government policies of austerity for slashing public services and local authority budgets, but added officials continued to neglect the area.

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It also went on to criticise the Hague for what it called "improper interference in the internal affairs of enterprises" and blamed it for "the current disruption of global production and supply chains".

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He said the hotel had regular inspections and blamed the gas supplier.

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