accusing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/

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, →OCLC, 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

• accusingly
• unaccusing

 

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?