0 past simple and past participle of blame
1 to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening:
Hugh blames his mother for his lack of confidence.
Hugh blames his lack of confidence on his mother.
I don't blame him for getting angry - she's being really annoying.
It's tempting to blame television for the increase in crime.
They blamed their defeat on the media's one-sided reporting of the election campaign.
She blamed me for practically every mistake in the report.
At one level, political literature and popular ballads blamed defeat on poor strategic judgement and the administration's skewed continental priorities.
As we have seen, the report blamed parents for the state of the evacuees' footwear and clothing, and recommended needlework classes in schools.
There were also those who always blamed others for their plights.
