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recriminatory

recriminatory adjective: in the way of recriminations.

Adjective

recriminatory (comparative more recriminatory, superlative most recriminatory)

  1. In the way of recriminations.
    • His dwelling on recriminatory memories pushed him into depression.

Forms of recriminatory

comparativemore recriminatory
superlativemost recriminatory

Questions about recriminatory

What does recriminatory mean?
Recriminatory means in the way of recriminations.
What part of speech is recriminatory?
Recriminatory is an adjective.

Words near recriminatory in the dictionary

  1. recrimination
  2. recriminations
  3. recriminative
  4. recriminator
  5. recriminators
  6. recriminatory
  7. recriticalities
  8. recriticality
  9. recriticize
  10. recriticized
  11. recriticizes

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