blameshift
English
verb
Definitions
- (biblical) To blame another for one's own wrong-doing. Blameshifting can be caused by pointing the finger at another when trying to save one's own skin.
Etymology
Compound from English blame + English shift.
Origin
English
shift
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airshift English
- backshift English
- blamable English
- blame English
- blameable English
- blameful English
- blameless English
- blamer English
- blamest English
- blamestorm English
- blameth English
- blameworthy English
- blamey English
- blaming English
- blueshift English
- downshift English
- foreshift English
- frameshift English
- lightshift English
- loanshift English
- midshift English
- misblame English
- multishift English
- nymshift English
- overshift English
- phaseshift English
- placeshift English
- powershift English
- preshift English
- rankshift English
- redshift English
- reshift English
- shift English
- shiftable English
- shiftee English
- shifter English
- shiftest English
- shifteth English
- shiftful English
- shiftless English
- shiftlike English
- shiftmate English
- shiftogram English
- shiftwork English
- shifty English
- speedshift English
- stickshift English
- subshift English
- supershift English
- timeshift English
- transshift English
- undershift English
- unshift English
- upshift English
- シフト Japanese
- blame Middle English
- schiften Middle English
- sif Indonesian
- quần chíp Vietnamese
- quần sịp Vietnamese
- shift
- blame
- blamey
- shifty
- blamer
- blameth
- blamest
- shiftee
- blaming
- upshift
- reshift
- unshift
- shifter
- shiftest
- midshift
- misblame
- shifteth
- preshift
- blameful
- subshift
- airshift
- shiftful
- blamable
- redshift
- nymshift
- shiftless
- foreshift
- shiftlike
- downshift
- shiftmate
- backshift
- blueshift
- overshift
- rankshift
- shiftwork
- loanshift
- timeshift
- blameless
- shiftable
- blameable
- blamestorm
- transshift
- supershift
- lightshift
- placeshift
- phaseshift
- speedshift
- shiftogram
- multishift
- stickshift
- frameshift
- powershift
- undershift
- blameworthy