"accusatory" meaning in English

See accusatory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈkju.zəˌtɔɹ.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accusatory.wav Forms: more accusatory [comparative], most accusatory [superlative]
Etymology: From accuse + -atory, or borrowed from Latin accūsātōrius. Etymology templates: {{af|en|accuse|-atory}} accuse + -atory, {{bor|en|la|accūsātōrius}} Latin accūsātōrius Head templates: {{en-adj}} accusatory (comparative more accusatory, superlative most accusatory)
  1. Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation. Derived forms: accusatorily, nonaccusatory, unaccusatory Translations (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation): tamallus (Breton), обвинителен (obvinitelen) (Bulgarian), обвиняващ (obvinjavašt) (Bulgarian), acusatori (Catalan), 指責型 (Chinese Mandarin), 指责型 (zhǐzéxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 非難的 (Chinese Mandarin), 非难的 (fēinàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 指控的 (zhǐkòng de) (Chinese Mandarin), žalující (Czech), obviňující (Czech), vyčítavý (Czech), beschuldigend (Dutch), kulpiga (Esperanto), akuza (Esperanto), syyttävä (Finnish), accusateur (French), anklagend (German), anklägerisch (German), κατηγορητικός (katigoritikós) (Greek), vádló (Hungarian), vádoló (Hungarian), accusatorio (Italian), 非難の (hinan no) (alt: ひなんの) (Japanese), 批難の (hinan no) (alt: ひなんの) (Japanese), accūsātōrius (Latin), crīminōsus (Latin), acusatório (Portuguese), acuzatoriu (Romanian), обвини́тельный (obvinítelʹnyj) (Russian), acusatorio (Spanish)
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          "sense": "pertaining to, or containing, an accusation",
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      "sense": "pertaining to, or containing, an accusation",
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      "sense": "pertaining to, or containing, an accusation",
      "word": "vádló"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to, or containing, an accusation",
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      "sense": "pertaining to, or containing, an accusation",
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      "sense": "pertaining to, or containing, an accusation",
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  "word": "accusatory"
}

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