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accusative |
accusative case |
accusatively |
accusatorial |
accusatorially |
accusatory
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accusatory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective accusatory has 1 sense
- accusatory(s = adj.all) accusative, accusing, accusive - containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"; "his accusing glare" Derived forms verb accuse1, verb accuse2
CIDE DICTIONARY
accusatory, a. [L. accusatorius, fr. accusare.].
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
accusatory
Accusation
N accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration, delation, crimination, incrimination, accrimination, recrimination, tu quoque argument, invective, denunciation, denouncement, libel, challenge, citation, arraignment, impeachment, appeachment, indictment, bill of indictment, true bill, lawsuit, condemnation, gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending, argumentum ad hominem, scandal, scandalum magnatum, accuser, prosecutor, plaintiff, relator, informer, appellant, accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent, litigant, accusing, accusatory, accusative, imputative, denunciatory, recriminatory, criminatory, accused, suspected, under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance, in custody, in detention, in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention, accusable, imputable, indefensible, inexcusable, unpardonable, unjustifiable, vicious, Int, look at home, tu quoque, the breath of accusation kills an innocent name, thou can'st not say I did it.
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