accusatory

English

Etymology

accuse +‎ -atory, or borrowed from Latin accusatorius.

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 […]

Translations

pertaining to, or containing, an accusation

Breton: tamallus
Bulgarian: обвинителен (bg) m (obvinitelen), обвиняващ (bg) (obvinjavašt)
Chinese: 控告 (kong gao)
Czech: žalující, obviňující, vyčítavý
Dutch: beschuldigend (nl)
Esperanto: kulpiga, akuza
Finnish: syyttävä (fi)
French: accusateur (fr) m, accusateuse f
German: anklagend (de), anklägerisch

Greek: κατηγορητικός (el) (katigoritikós)
Hungarian: vádló (hu), vádoló
Italian: accusatorio m, accusatoria f
Japanese: 非難の (ja) (ひなんの, hinan no), 批難の (ja) (ひなんの, hinan no)
Latin: accusatorius
Portuguese: acusatório
Romanian: acuzatoriu m, acuzatorie f, acuzatorii pl
Russian: обвини́тельный (ru) (obvinítelʹnyj)
Spanish: acusatorio (es)

Further reading

accusatory at OneLook Dictionary Search
accusatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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