accusatory
adjective
ac·cu·sa·to·ry
ə-ˈkyü-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: containing or expressing accusation : accusing
an accusatory look
Examples of accusatory in a Sentence
He pointed an accusatory finger at the suspect.
The book has a harsh, accusatory tone.
Recent Examples on the Web
SoftBank's developers, led by employee Toshiyuki Nakatani, trained the system using a dataset of over 10,000 voice samples, which were performed by 10 Japanese actors expressing more than 100 phrases with various emotions, including yelling and accusatory tones.
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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 18 June 2024
Killers of the Flower Moon is as ambitious and impressive a film as he’s ever made, one perfectly in line with the career he’s spent shining an accusatory spotlight on the men in this country who take and take and leave unfathomable wreckage in their wake.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
China and the United States jab accusatory fingers at each other, blame each other for bad policies, and trade barbs about a global economic downturn from which both countries and the world have yet to recover.
—Henry M. Paulson Jr., Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2023
Reaching consensus on the approach that works best to meet the short and long-term needs of poor children and their families means everyone must move away from absolutist positions, and discussions concerning the issue must be comprehensive, open and honest rather than accusatory and vitriolic.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 18 June 2024
Killers of the Flower Moon is as ambitious and impressive a film as he’s ever made, one perfectly in line with the career he’s spent shining an accusatory spotlight on the men in this country who take and take and leave unfathomable wreckage in their wake.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
China and the United States jab accusatory fingers at each other, blame each other for bad policies, and trade barbs about a global economic downturn from which both countries and the world have yet to recover.
—Henry M. Paulson Jr., Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2023
Reaching consensus on the approach that works best to meet the short and long-term needs of poor children and their families means everyone must move away from absolutist positions, and discussions concerning the issue must be comprehensive, open and honest rather than accusatory and vitriolic.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
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accusatory
adjective
ac·cu·sa·to·ry
ə-ˈkyü-zə-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
: containing or expressing accusation
an accusatory look
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accusatory
adjective
ac·cus·a·to·ry
ə-ˈkyü-zə-ˌtōr-ē
1
: containing or expressing an accusation
the accusatory pleading
2
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