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ACCUSATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accusatory mean?
• ACCUSATORY (adjective)
The adjective ACCUSATORY has 1 sense:
1. containing or expressing accusation
Familiarity information: ACCUSATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or expressing accusation
Synonyms:
accusative; accusatory; accusing; accusive
Context example:
his accusing glare
Similar:
inculpative; inculpatory (causing blame to be imputed to)
Derivation:
accuse (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)
accuse (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)
Context examples
I took another turn across the room, full of love for my pretty wife, and distracted by self-accusatory inclinations to knock my head against the door.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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