The word
"accusatory" means to blame or charge someone with wrongdoing or fault. It implies a tone or manner of accusing someone.
Full definition
In the simulation game Football Manager, if your club's squad is too large and you have too many players out on loan then the simulated journalists ask you questions in
accusatory tones.
This doesn't answer the question of where the supposedly fake memo came from, and we should not point
accusatory fingers without solid evidence.
What you want to say involves engaging in a barrage of
of accusatory and condescending remarks.
And I wont
point accusatory fingers at anyone until more conclusive information come to light.
Tis
not accusatory on the part of these exegetes to conclude that there was no resurrection and that Paul was a great writer of embellished facts and myths possibly for his own gain but he could not convert enough Romans and therefore did not achieve his economic goals.
In a very
accusatory manner, she said, «So what do you expect me to do with your book?»
Avoid
accusatory statements along the lines of, «YOU make me feel X,» or «YOU always do Y.» Concentrate on describing how your partner's behavior makes you feel.
Once again, a mostly bare stage is dotted with lines that stand in for houses and gardens, and von Trier's handheld camera shoves its way into the actors» faces, hovering there
with accusatory intimacy.
The question, «what were you thinking,» can sound
very accusatory when framed in the wrong tone.
She also recommends using «I statements» — for example, «I'm having difficulties managing my workload» — to avoid coming across
as accusatory or confrontational.
And in Stanford, Kosinski, who wanted to warn against the danger of using psychological targeting in a political setting, is once again receiving
accusatory emails.
He maintains that partners fall
into accusatory modes of thinking that block attempts at harmony, and he suggests some insightful strategies for «blending» problems into a relationship.
For example, she says, it feels a lot
less accusatory to hear the words ««WE need to spend less in this category» than it does to hear «YOU need to spend less».»
Bruce Greenwood is ominously effective as the reporter / mouthpiece for this process, speaking some of the same
accusatory words Brit journalists directed at Dylan in Pennebaker's Don't Look Back.
If you are confronted with this frightening suspicion, you should approach your partner directly, but not in an attacking,
accusatory way.
The explicitly
accusatory nature of «reporting an immigration crime», the autonomy in choosing to do so, and the potential for anonymity granted to individuals providing information makes denunciation distinct from the devolved responsibilities outlined above.
It may be helpful to use statements that begin with «I feel...» because they'll encourage your partner to listen to you and can help you avoid stepping into
accusatory language.
Even the affluent, laid - forward parents responded, she said: they call and ask for information rather than become
accusatory when a rumor sweeps the carpool line.
Out of context, that
accusatory stare at his beloved aunt and uncle might not mean much, but having just seen him abandoned by his parents as a nipper and his surprise at finding the briefcase, we understand his resentment about being left in the dark.
Ver's tone towards Mow's Bitcoin Core team
became accusatory, saying, «they've shattered the Bitcoin ecosystem into a thousand and one different altcoins and delayed the adoption of cryptocurrencies around the world by years.»
fishon: «I find it amusing [by some, not all] that I am taken to task for the way you discribe me, but the words and cartoons of the host are, at times, very sarcastic, combative, and
accusatory against much that I believe in, but he is not accused and taking to task for the same.
Bob, I have been accussed of coming off as sarcastic, combative, and
accusatory before.
This exercise in buck - passing could have lent a good deal of character tension to the film; but if your best idea for a hard - hitting piece of
accusatory dialogue (Architect to Builder) is «What do they call it when you kill people?»
«Removing the blame from divorce, as proposed in Richard Bacon's bill, would help couples who both wish to bring their relationship to a dignified conclusion and move on with their lives without the need
for accusatory mud - slinging.
«I urge you to move
beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.
for reasons unspecified, starting a web site having the
same accusatory stance as his former Greenpeace ExxonSecrets site, but his current site's Twitter page has less Twitter followers than my own for GelbspanFiles.
If everyone shares, and if breeders quit throwing stones at each other, and if the scientific community revises its often
accusatory stance on breeding from carriers or even from affected dogs, H.E.A.R.T proves it can be done.
If you had chosen to send an email inquiring about their lack of punctuality, it could come across as cold and
possibly accusatory.
Perhaps the final straw in Wasserstein's
accusatory judgments against Arendt is her presumed perverse reliance on Nazi historians as authorities on modern Jewish history.
These remarks are not intended to be
accusatory so much as to help uncover the roots and dynamics of the issue.
Howard Fineman echoed the sentiments on the Huffington Post, calling it «the nastiest, most abrasive
personally accusatory presidential campaign in modern times.»
Somewhere along the lines we put horns and a tail on him, dis - connecting and dis - identifying ourselves from this satanic representation of our adversarial and
accusatory habits.
Your daughter will not become defensive when you talk to her about her sexual orientation unless you
appear accusatory or judgmental.
Alternatively, some parents in sheer desperation tackle such issues head on, in what can appear to the teenager to be a confrontational or
accusatory approach.
Her post was balanced, fair, and not
once accusatory or derogatory towards formula feeding MOTHERS, yet in the comment section she was thoroughly bashed for being anti formula feeding mothers.
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