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misblame

verb

Etymology

From mis- + blame.

  1. derived from βλασφημέω
  2. derived from blastemo
  3. derived from blame
  4. inherited from blame
  5. prefixed as misblame — “mis + blame”

Definitions

  1. To blame wrongly

    To blame wrongly; to blame one who is not guilty.

    • I need to remember that I am responsible for my feelings. I have often misblamed another for my bad emotional state.
    • The latter group misinterprets ambiguous social stimuli, misblames others, and often responds with inappropriate anger-aggravated hostility.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA