accuse
verbHow many syllables in accuse?
There are 2 syllables in the word accuse.How to pronounce accuse:
Definition of accuse:
- accuse (verb):
- to charge a person with wrongdoing
- to charge with a fault or offense blame
- bring an accusation against; level a charge against.
Synonyms for accuse:
allege
arraign
attribute to
blame
blame for
call (on)
charge
chide
condemn
criminate
criticize
defame
denounce
fault
file
hold responsible for
impeach
impugn
impute blame to
incriminate
indict
lodge
point a or the finger at
prosecute
recriminate
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Antonyms for accuse:
absolve
acquit
clear
conceal
defend
deny
disconnect
disentangle
dissociate
divide
eliminate
exclude
exculpate
exonerate
guard
hide
hold blameless
neglect
pardon
praise
protect
rule out
separate
support
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- sicken
- shoving
- mudding
- herald
- caresses
- wielder
- upbuild
- strongly
- starched
- reinforce
- oral
- grouping
- dachshund
- cueman
- needless
- knickknack
- casted
- truism
- tortured
- reweighed
- recur
- obi
- focussed
- adsorb
- unlinked
- flitting
- ensured
- barren
- wobbly
- sensor
- pleaded
- admires
- stylus
- shuttling
- sharpened
- jut out
- Dorren
- coxswain
- connote
- bazoo
- yellowed
- tableau
- stairway
- runback
- loosened
- honking
- fortnight
- doodling
- chanting
- squirted
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