blameworthy

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Etymology

From Middle English blame worthy, blame-worthy, equivalent to blame +‎ -worthy.

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blameworthy (comparative more blameworthy, superlative most blameworthy)

  1. 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:

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