咎める
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Meanings
- to blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke, to reprove, to find fault, to take to task, to criticize, to criticise
- to question (a suspect), to challenge
- to aggravate (an injury), to be aggravated, to get inflamed
- to prick (one's conscience)
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Example sentences
Nobody was able to blame him.
The security guard questioned the suspicious person.
Without reproaching herself for her own judgment, she moved forward.
His conscience pricked him, and he told the truth.
It is easy to harshly criticize the failures of others, but what is truly important is to reflect upon oneself.
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