blamed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Used as an intensifier, often expressing annoyance or emphasis: "blamed" is an informal, sometimes euphemistic, adjective used to add strong emphasis to a noun, often conveying frustration, surprise, or disapproval. It is considered a mild expletive.
Usage
- Position: Typically used directly before a noun it modifies.
- Function: Serves as an intensifier, similar to "damned" or "darned," but is often perceived as a slightly softened or old-fashioned alternative.
- Register: Informal. Its use can sound dated or regional in modern English.
Examples
- Adjective:
- It's a blamed shame they canceled the festival. (It's a very unfortunate shame.)
- He's a blamed fool for trying that alone. (He's a complete fool.)
- Where is that blamed cat? (Where is that annoying cat?)
Advanced Usage
- "I'll be blamed": An exclamation of surprise or frustration.
- Well, I'll be blamed! I forgot my keys again. (An expression of annoyed surprise.)
Variants and Related Words
- Blame (verb): To assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.
- You can't blame me for trying.
- Blameless (adjective): Free from blame; innocent.
- She was found to be blameless in the incident.
Synonyms
- Damned: Used as an intensifier (stronger).
- Darned: A common euphemistic intensifier.
- Confounded: An old-fashioned intensifier expressing annoyance.
- Accursed: Literary, meaning detestable or annoying.
Notes on Meaning
- The adjective "blamed" is almost exclusively used as an intensifier in informal speech. It does not carry the literal meaning of "being found at fault." Its primary function is to add emotional force to the statement, usually negative.
Adjective
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- he's a blasted idiot
- it's a blamed shame
- a blame cold winter
- not a blessed dime
- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
- he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
- a deuced idiot
- an infernal nuisance