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English
Etymology
From Middle English blame worthy, blame-worthy, equivalent to blame + -worthy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blameworthy (comparative more blameworthy, superlative most blameworthy)
- Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
- Antonym: praiseworthy
Yes, my life has been blameworthy; I confess it. But you know nothing of its temptations.
1648, J Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, page 140:And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]
Derived terms
Translations
deserving blame or censure