accusatory
English
Etymology
From accuse + -atory, or borrowed from Latin accūsātōrius.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkju.zə.ˌtɔɹ.i/
Adjective
accusatory (comparative more accusatory, superlative most accusatory)
- pertaining to, or containing, an accusation [from the early 17th c.]
- George Grote
- This conclusion will certainly be strengthened by reading the accusatory speech composed by Deinarchus […]
- George Grote
Translations
pertaining to, or containing, an accusation
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Further reading
- accusatory at OneLook Dictionary Search
- accusatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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