ACCUSING
accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive
(adjective) containing or expressing accusation; “an accusative forefinger”; “black accusatory looks”; “accusive shoes and telltale trousers”- O.Henry; “his accusing glare”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
accusing
present participle of accuse
Adjective
accusing (comparative more accusing, superlative most accusing)
Accusatory.
Noun
accusing (plural accusings)
Accusation.
Source: Wiktionary
ACCUSE
Ac*cuse", n.
Definition: Accusation. [Obs.] Shak.
Ac*cuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accused; p. pr. & vb. n. Accusing.]
Etym: [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account,
accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. Cause.]
1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense;
(Law)
Definition: to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -
- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Acts
xxiv. 13.
We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down
their arms. Macaulay.
2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.
Rom. ii. 15.
3. To betray; to show. Etym: [L.] Sir P. Sidney.
Syn.
– To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach;
arraign.
– To Accuse, Charge, Impeach, Arraign. These words agree in
bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is
a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not
exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most
generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault,
etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge
with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person)
before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at
the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with
misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both
impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or
impressiveness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition