Synonyms for blameworthy
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
culpable, reprehensible, guilty, to blame, wrong, contemptible, despicable, unjustifiable, criminal, scandalous, wretched, blamable US, blameable UK, censurable, lax, remiss, lousy, woeful, lash, scurvy, base, blameful, reprovable
Definitions
- adj. 1
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
Yes, my life has been blameworthy; I confess it. But you know nothing of its temptations.
Example sentences
- guilty If it is true, it follows that Nakagawa is guilty.
- culpable Tom was arrested and charged with culpable driving.
- unjustifiable Dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is unjustifiable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blameworthy | rising | |
| guilty | steady | |
| culpable | rising | |
| unjustifiable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lax1
- 4 letters
- base1, lash1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, lousy2
- 6 letters
- guilty2, woeful2, scurvy, remiss2
- 8 letters
- criminal3, wretched2, culpable3, blamable, blameful
- 9 letters
- blameable
- 10 letters
- despicable4, scandalous3, censurable, reprovable
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5, unjustifiable6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- blâmable
- Italiano
- biasimevole