blamed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of blame.

   The committee blamed poor planning for the project's failure.

   He has always blamed himself for the accident.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs. It is the plain past (they blamed the weather) and the participle after have or be (she has blamed him; he was blamed). Blame already ends in e, so only -d is added. Before a noun, check which word you have: "the blamed driver" may be the driver held responsible, or the softened oath for "damned". Context and tone decide.

2. 2
   adjective

   A softened stand-in for "damned," used as an intensifier to express irritation or emphasis.

   He spent the whole blamed afternoon waiting for a bus that never came.

   Every blamed time I call the office, the line is busy.

   Similardarned, danged, blasted, blooming

   Note

   A polite swear-word: the speaker reaches for damned and lands on the past form of blame, keeping the force without the profanity. It usually sits before a noun, as in Joseph Conrad's "every blamed port" in "The Heart of Darkness" (1899). It can also strengthen an adjective, as in Burt L. Standish's "a blamed bad man." It has no comparative or superlative: nothing is "more blamed."

   It's a blamed long way to walk in this heat.

   That was a blamed fine dinner, I'll give you that.

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