accusatory

Definition

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.

Etymology

From Middle English accusatorie, from Middle French accusatorie and its etymon Latin accūsātōrius. By surface analysis, accuse + -atory.

Example Sentences

• "This conclusion will certainly be strengthened by reading the accusatory speech composed by Deinarchus […]"
• "Had she heard the same Bob Dylan singing “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” his accusatory song about the fatal caning of a 51-year-old black barmaid by a young white patrician, “The Help” might have ventured outside its harsh yet still comfortable, reader-friendly world."