accusatory

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkju.zə.ˌtɔɹ.i/
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Adjective

accusatory (comparative more accusatory, superlative most accusatory)

  1. Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation. [from the early 17th c.]
    • 1846-1856, George Grote, A History of Greece:
      This conclusion will certainly be strengthened by reading the accusatory speech composed by Deinarchus […]

Translations

Further reading
  • accusatory at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • accusatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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