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What is the adjective for accuse?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb accuse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

accusative
  1. Producing accusations; accusatory; accusatorial; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
  2. (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
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accusatorial
  1. Containing or implying accusation.
  2. (law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The accusatorial tone in her voice made it clear that she believed he was guilty.”
      “The tenor of the conversation was hostile and accusatorial, with Kawana suggesting to Velasquez that wearing a union button was a display of ingratitude.”
      “Continental procedure is quite different, as it is inquisitorial rather than accusatorial.”
accusatival
  1. Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accused
  1. Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The magistrate began the inquiry, and in his first examination, the accused man denied everything.”
accusatory
  1. Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation. [from the early 17th c.]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He jabs us in the chest with an accusatory finger and hopes that guilt at our ignorance will keep us quiet.”
      “Next time I hear that accusatory voice, I'm going to pretend I've contracted a sudden case of selective deafness.”
      “While his discourse is extreme and accusatory, his demeanor is equable and deliberate.”
accusive
accus
  1. Abbreviation of accusative.
accusing
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