Blamed and Praised

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Blamed adjective - Expletives used informally as intensifiers.

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Praised is an antonym for blamed.

Nearby Words: blame, blaming, blameful

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Blamed is an antonym for praised.

Nearby Words: praise, praising

Moral luck is a concept in philosophy in which a person is praised or blamed for an action they carried out, the consequences of which were primarily dependent on blind luck.

Source: Moral Luck
Compare Moral Luck, in which a character is praised (or blamed) for doing something where the outcome depended almost entirely on blind luck.

Source: The Magic Poker Equation
In order to qualify for this trope, a character has to carry out an action whose consequences depend mostly on luck, and be praised (or blamed) by other characters (or by the work itself) for their morality/immorality.

Source: Moral Luck

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Praised and Blamed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blamed/praised

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