Past tense of blame
regular verb
The past tense of blame is blamed. The past participle is also blamed.
Forms of blame
| Base form (V1) | blame /bleɪm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blamed /bleɪmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | blamed /bleɪmd/ |
| Present participle | blaming /ˈbleɪmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | blames /bleɪmz/ |
Blamed in a sentence
- The student driver was blamed for the accident.
- The critics all blamed it for a lack of concentration.1919, Saki, ‘The Oversight’, The Toys of Peace
- Interservice rivalry is often blamed for problems in the US military.From the entry interservice
- The serial killer played the victim card as he blamed others for his actions.From the entry play the victim card
- There have been calls for research into the pesticides that are blamed for the decline in bee populations.From the entry into
Meaning of blame
- noun Censure.
- noun Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- noun Responsibility for something meriting censure.
Questions about the past tense of blame
- What is the past tense of blame?
- The past tense of blame is blamed.
- What is the past participle of blame?
- The past participle of blame is blamed.
- Is blame a regular or irregular verb?
- Blame is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blame (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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