accusing

/əˈkjuːzɪŋ/

accusing is the present participle and gerund of accuse.

Meaning of accuse

accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)

(transitive) To find fault with, blame, censure.
- […] and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 2:15
Synonyms:

denounce, fault, put the blame on, atwite, blame, bumble, challenge, cop out, decry, defame
(transitive) To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
- For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.
Synonyms:

charge, indict, impeach, arraign, accriminate, appeach, becry, tax, criminate, have up
(intransitive) To make an accusation against someone.
- According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal...2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55
Synonyms:

blame, censure, reproach, criminate

accusing (comparative more accusing, superlative most accusing)

Accusatory.
- Both figures looked upstage at the model of a white statue which pointed down at them with the accusing finger of an Italian traffic policeman or wartime recruiting poster.1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 2

accusing (plural accusings)

Accusation.
- What are these accusings and self-approbations, but a fearful looking-for of judgment, and a prophesying that verily there is a reward for the righteous — natural indications, in short, of a future state?1840, Johnson Grant, Sketches in divinity, page 77

What does accusing mean?: Accusing means accusatory.
What is accusing the present participle and gerund of?: Accusing is the present participle and gerund of accuse.
What part of speech is accusing?: Accusing can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce accusing?: Accusing is pronounced /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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