Dictionary

accusatory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈkju.zəˌtɔɹ.i/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accūsātor Latin -ius Latin accūsātōriusder. Middle French accusatoriebor. ▲ Latin accūsātōriusbor. Middle English accusatorie English accusatory From Middle English accusatorie, from Middle French accusatorie and its etymon Latin accūsātōrius. By surface analysis, accuse + -atory.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
   • Had she heard the same Bob Dylan singing “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” his accusatory song about the fatal caning of a 51-year-old black barmaid by a young white patrician, “The Help” might have ventured outside its harsh yet still comfortable, reader-friendly world. 2009 February 18, Janet Maslin, “Racial Insults and Quiet Bravery in 1960s Mississippi”, in The New York Times:
   • This conclusion will certainly be strengthened by reading the accusatory speech composed by Deinarchus […] 1846-1856, George Grote, A History of Greece:

Forms

Deriveds

accusatorily · nonaccusatory · unaccusatory

Translations (29)

cmn 非難的 /非难的 (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · ro acuzatoriu (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · es acusatorio (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · ru обвини́тельный (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · hu vádló (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · la crīminōsus (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · cs vyčítavý (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · cmn 指控的 (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · fr accusateur (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · la accūsātōrius (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · ca acusatori (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · fi syyttävä (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · bg обвинителен (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · de anklagend (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · el κατηγορητικός (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · pt acusatório (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · cs žalující (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · bg обвиняващ (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · it accusatorio (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · de anklägerisch (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · eo kulpiga (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · ja 非難の (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · eo akuza (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · ja 批難の (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · nl beschuldigend (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · hu vádoló (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · br tamallus (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · cs obviňující (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) · cmn 指責型 /指责型 (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation)