imputing
91imputation — noun formal 1 (C) a statement that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad: It was the first time she had confronted him with such direct imputations. 2 (uncountable + of) the act of imputing something …
92bad — 1 Bad, evil, ill, wicked, naughty are comparable when they mean not meeting with the approval of the ethical consciousness. Bad is a very general term and applies to anyone or anything reprehensible, for whatever reason and to whatever degree… …
93face — n Face, countenance, visage, physiognomy, mug, puss denote the front part of a human or, sometimes, animal head including the mouth, nose, eyes, forehead, and cheeks. Face is the simple and direct word {your face is dirty} {she struck him in the… …
94lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… …
95reflection — *animadversion, stricture, aspersion Analogous words: imputing or imputation, ascribing or ascription (see corresponding verbs at ASCRIBE): criticizing or criticism, reprehending or reprehension, blaming or blame (see corresponding verbs at… …
96thin — vb Thin, attenuate, extenuate, dilute, rarefy. Thin is the most inclusive of these terms and is interchangeable with any of the others, though not without some loss of precision or of specific connotations. Basically it implies reduction in… …
97ascription — n 1. attribution, attributing, assignment, assigning, adscription, creditation, accreditation, accrediting, chalking up to; imputation, imputing, charging, laying on, blaming, accusal, accusing. 2. exaltation, glorification, extolment, laudation; …
98inculpatory — adj recriminatory, imputing blame, accusative, accusatory, denunciatory; implicating, exposing, revealing, incriminating, incriminatory, damning …
99impute — UK [ɪmˈpjuːt] / US [ɪmˈpjut] verb [transitive] Word forms impute : present tense I/you/we/they impute he/she/it imputes present participle imputing past tense imputed past participle imputed formal Phrasal verbs: impute to …
100impute to — phrasal verb Word forms impute to : present tense I/you/we/they impute to he/she/it imputes to present participle imputing to past tense imputed to past participle imputed to impute something to someone/something to say that someone or something… …
