Recriminative (Adjective)
Meaning
Countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The politician's recriminative response to the allegations of corruption was to accuse her opponent of similar wrongdoing.
- The debate quickly devolved into recriminative arguments, with each side accusing the other of hypocrisy.
- The lawyer's recriminative strategy was to counter the prosecution's evidence with claims of police misconduct.
- The recriminative tone of the conversation made it clear that neither party was interested in finding common ground.
- The recriminative nature of the dispute between the two business partners made it difficult to resolve the issue amicably.