Meaning

Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame.

Definitions by Sense

1. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
2. (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
3. (grammar) The accusative case.
4. (grammar) A word inflected in the accusative case.

Example Sentences

This hath been a very accusative age.

The proprietor of the store was rude, insulting and accusative.

65 mošu tat̰ ās nōit̮ darəγəm yat̰ . . ‘quickly it (tat̰) happened, it (was) not long till . . . — drūm avantəm airištəm: according to Bartholomae IF. 12. 146 the author of this part was led to use accusatives here (instead of nominatives) by the preceding sentence yezi ǰum frapayeni.

There is some antecedent in old Latin; but as usual the influence is Greek too, for Greek prose and poetry freely use accusatives which are to some extent adverbial accusatives, or accusatives of respect.

Romani distinguishes dative and accusative pronouns formally and some Romani dialects use accusatives in constructions in which other languages employ a dative.

Word Forms

• more accusative
• most accusative
• accusatives

Synonyms for accusative

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When Should You Use Accusative?

Use accusative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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