recriminate
to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
to accuse in return.
Origin of recriminate
1Other words from recriminate
- re·crim·i·na·tion, noun
- re·crim·i·na·tive, re·crim·i·na·to·ry [ri-krim-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /rɪˈkrɪm ə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- re·crim·i·na·tor, noun
- un·re·crim·i·na·tive, adjective
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How to use recriminate in a sentence
At first, I brought those compulsive and self-recriminating habits to my time outside.
Experience informs us,” as Coleridge says, “that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.
The Art of Letters | Robert LyndThey first began to fret and pine, then to murmur, and finally to recriminate.
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories | William CarletonWhat a common dictate of the fallen and regenerate heart to resent and recriminate!
The Mind of Jesus | John R. MacduffBernard does not recriminate or argue in it; his love shall bring the young monk back to him.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
But let us not recriminate; that matter is not in question now.
Paul and His Dog, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIII) | Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for recriminate
/ (rɪˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt) /
(intr) to return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations
Origin of recriminate
1Derived forms of recriminate
- recriminative or recriminatory, adjective
- recriminator, noun
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