Accuse

English

Verb

Accuse (third-person singular simple present Accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)

1. (transitive) To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
2. (transitive) To charge with having committed a crime or offence.

Noun

Accuse (plural Accuses)

1. (obsolete) An accusation - Shakespeare

Adverbs for Accuse

publicly; consistently; unjustly; deliberately; scurrilously; falsely; sternly; vainly; frivolously; monstrously; plaintively: vulgarly; tearfully; vaguely; rashly; mercilessly; groundlessly; eloquently; indignantly; sarcastically; triumphantly; determinedly; wildly; cruelly; revoltingly; libellously; slanderously; sensationally; ruinously.

Synonyms for Accuse

• (legal): charge, indict, impeach, arraign
• blame, censure, reproach, incriminate, denounce, implicate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: əkyo͞ozʹ, IPA: /əˈkjuːz/, SAMPA: /@"kju:z/

• Audio (US)

  noicon

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːz

Related terms

• accusable
• accusation
• accusative
• accusatory
• accuser