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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

accusing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. Accusatory.
    • Both figures looked upstage at the model of a white statue which pointed down at them with the accusing finger of an Italian traffic policeman or wartime recruiting poster. 1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 2:

Forms

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most accusing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more accusing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unaccusing · accusingly

accusing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. Accusation.
    • What are these accusings and self-approbations, but a fearful looking-for of judgment, and a prophesying that verily there is a reward for the righteous — natural indications, in short, of a future state? 1840, Johnson Grant, Sketches in divinity, page 77:

Forms

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accusings Number=Plur lexicographic

accusing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of accuse
    form of accuse
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:accusing.