ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from blame (II) + worthy
: deserving blame : at fault : censurable
Synonyms:
blamable , guilty , culpable : blameworthy and blamable , wide in application and lacking specific suggestions, are used when guilty and culpable are too severe
anyone in any party who falls below the level of the high spirit of national unity which alone can give national salvation is blameworthy — Sir Winston Churchill
a blamable or at least questionable, lack of such doings — G.G.Coulton
guilty usually refers to serious offenses
in old German law infanticide was treated as the murder of a relative. The guilty mother was buried alive in a sack — W.G.Sumner
It may indicate legal proof or conviction of guilt
tried, all five, found guilty, and put to death — Robert Browning
It may indicate a state of mind or the expression of it
the woman's face was guilty — Arnold Bennett
culpable suggests less stringent blame than guilty and connotes malfeasance or errors of omission, negligence, or ignorance
a most urgent telegram was dispatched to you from London by Godfrey Staunton at six-fifteen yesterday evening — a telegram which is undoubtedly associated with his disappearance — and yet you have not had it. It is most culpable — A. Conan Doyle
the prevailing abuses, culpable stupidity, common dishonesty and empty political buncombe, which too often passes for statesmanship — J.H.Robinson †1936