recriminate

English

Etymology

From Latin recrīminātus, past participle of recrīminō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/

Verb

recriminate (third-person singular simple present recriminates, present participle recriminating, simple past and past participle recriminated)

(transitive, intransitive) To accuse in return, state an accusation in return, make a countercharge.
Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him.
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church
  It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XI:
  Besides, he might come and begin a string of abuse or complainings; I’m certain I should recriminate, and God knows where we should end!

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krey-‎ (0 c, 84 e)

Translations

to accuse in return

Finnish: esittää vastasyytös
French: récriminer (fr)
German: im Gegenzug beschuldigen, Gegenbeschuldigungen erheben; (rare also) gegenbeschuldigen; (with a following sub-clause) entgegnen (de), zurückwerfen (dass) (de)
Greek: αντικατηγορώ (el) (antikatigoró)
Hungarian: viszontvádol
Macedonian: противобвинува (protivobvinuva)
Malayalam: പ്രത്യാരോപണം (pratyārōpaṇaṃ)
Maori: whakawāwā
Spanish: recriminar (es)

Italian

Verb

recriminate

inflection of recriminare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

recriminate f pl

feminine plural of recriminato

Anagrams

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