To express disapprobation of; find fault with; censure: opposed to praise or commend.Formerly it might be followed by of.To charge; impute as a fault; lay the responsibility of: as, he blames the failure on you.To bring reproach upon; blemish; injure.[In such phrases as he is to blame, to blame, by an old and common construction, has the passive meaning ‘to be blamed, blamable.’ Compare a house to let, hire, build; grain ready to cut, etc.In writers of the Elizabethan period it was often written too blame, blame apparently being mistaken for an adjective.] Synonyms To reprove, reproach, chide, upbraid, reprehend. See decry.n. An expression of disapproval of something deemed to be wrong; imputation of a fault; censure; reprehension.n. That which is deserving of censure or disapprobation; fault; crime; sin.n. Culpability; responsibility for something that is wrong: as, the blame is yours.n. Hurt; injury.