blamed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bleɪmd/
  • Rhymes: -eɪmd

Adjective

blamed (not comparable)

  1. euphemism of damned (intensifier)
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, [], →OCLC, part I, page 202:
      “I left in a French steamer, and she called in every blamed port they have out there, for, as far as I could see, the sole purpose of landing soldiers and custom-house officers.”
    • Burt L. Standish (Gilbert Patten)
      "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold.
      "That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."

Verb

blamed

  1. simple past and past participle of blame

Anagrams

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