accusatory
English
Etymology
From accuse + -atory, or borrowed from Latin accūsātōrius.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
accusatory (comparative more accusatory, superlative most accusatory)
- pertaining to, or containing, an accusation [from the early 17th c.]
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Translations
pertaining to, or containing, an accusation
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Further reading
- “accusatory”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “accusatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.