accusatory

English

Etymology

From accuse +‎ -atory, or borrowed from Latin accūsātōrius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkju.zə.ˌtɔɹ.i/

Adjective

accusatory (comparative more accusatory, superlative most accusatory)

1. pertaining to, or containing, an accusation [from the early 17th c.]
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Translations

pertaining to, or containing, an accusation

• Breton: tamallus
• Bulgarian: обвинителен (bg) m (obvinitelen), обвиняващ (bg) (obvinjavašt)
• Catalan: acusatori
• Chinese: 控告 (kong gao)
• Czech: žalující, obviňující, vyčítavý
• Dutch: beschuldigend (nl)
• Esperanto: kulpiga, akuza
• Finnish: syyttävä (fi)
• French: accusateur (fr) m, accusateuse f
• German: anklagend (de), anklägerisch
• Greek: κατηγορητικός (el) (katigoritikós)
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• Hungarian: vádló (hu), vádoló
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} akuzala (io), ^{(please verify)} akuzanta (io), ^{(please verify)} akuziva (io)
• Italian: accusatorio
• Japanese: 非難の (ja) (ひなんの, hinan no), 批難の (ja) (ひなんの, hinan no)
• Latin: accūsātōrius
• Portuguese: acusatório
• Romanian: acuzatoriu m, acuzatorie f, acuzatorii pl
• Russian: обвини́тельный (ru) (obvinítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: acusatorio (es)

Further reading

• “accusatory”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “accusatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.