Synonyms for accusatory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-kyoo-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkyu zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Définition of accusatory

Origin : c.1600, from Latin accusatorius, from accusare (see accuse).

adj accusatorial

Example sentences :

The stump of her bowsprit, the accusatory finger of the dead, pointed at the sky.
Extract from : « Old Junk » by H. M. Tomlinson

Miss Thankful dropped her accusatory tone, and attempted cajolery.
Extract from : « The Mayor's Wife » by Anna Katherine Green

Is it a wonder that all animate nature is accusatory and suspicious?
Extract from : « A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. » by William Chauncey Bartlett

Even at a distance he was disapproving, accusatory, put upon.
Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson

She had risen, and stood pointing an accusatory finger at him.
Extract from : « From One Generation to Another » by Henry Seton Merriman

Mrs. Ducklow was going on in wild, accusatory accents, when she recognized the benign countenance.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 » by Various

Biddy got up at this, as if the accusatory tone prompted her to place herself generously at his side.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

When she had driven home, Violetta found Barto Rizzo's accusatory paper laid on her writing-desk.
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

And no similar body of committee of the Sanhedrin performed 114the accusatory functions of the modern Grand Jury.
Extract from : « The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) » by Walter M. Chandler

When Lady Davenant was accusatory it was within the limits of perfect verisimilitude.
Extract from : « A London Life; The Patagonia; The Liar; Mrs. Temperly » by Henry James

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