RECRIMINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recriminate mean? 

• RECRIMINATE (verb)
  The verb RECRIMINATE has 1 sense:

1. return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return

  Familiarity information: RECRIMINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECRIMINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they recriminate    ... he / she / it recriminates   
Past simple: recriminated   
Past participle: recriminated   
-ing form: recriminating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "recriminate" is one way to...):

accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

recriminative; recriminatory (countering one charge with another)