accusing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/
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Verb

accusing

  1. present participle and gerund of accuse

Adjective

accusing (comparative more accusing, superlative most accusing)

  1. Accusatory.
    • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 2:
      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.

Derived terms

Noun

accusing (plural accusings)

  1. Accusation.
    • 1840, Johnson Grant, Sketches in divinity, page 77:
      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?
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