ذأم1 ذَأَمَهُ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. ذَأْمٌ, (S, * M,) He blamed, or found fault with, him, or it; (T, S, Msb;) namely, a man, (T, [in which it is said that ذَأَمْتُهُ in the sense of عِبْتُهُ is more common than ذَمَمْتُهُ,” though the contr. seems to be manifestly the case,]) or a commodity; (Msb;) and he despised him; like ذَأَبَهُ: (S:) and he despised him and beat him: (T:) and he despised him and blamed him: (T, M, K:) or he despised him and drove him away; like ذَأَبَهُ: (M:) and simply he drove him away: (M, K:) or he drove him away and beat him; like ذَأَبَهُ: (M and TA in art. ذأب:) and he repaid him, or requited him; syn. جَزَاهُ: (T and M:) or he overcame him in abasing; syn. خَزَاهُ. (K and TA. [So in my MS. copy of the K and in the CK: but I doubt not that جَزَاهُ is the right reading.]) 4 اذأمهُ, (TA,) inf. n. إِذْآمٌ, (K, TA,) He frightened him, or terrified him; syn. of the inf. n.  رُعْبٌ. (K, TA.) b2:  أَذْأَمْتَنِى عَلَى كَذَا Thou  compelledst me against my will to do such a thing. (Fr, S.) ذَأْمٌ i. q. عَيْبٌ [as a subst., meaning A vice, fault, defect, or the like; like ذَامٌ, without ء, and ذَيْمٌ; as well as an inf. n. of 1, q. v.]: with and without ء (S.) ذَأْمَةٌ A word: so in the saying, مَا سَمِعْتُ لَهُ ذَأْمَةً[I heard not a word that he had to utter]. (K.) مَذْؤُومٌ pass. part. n. of 1. (S, Msb.) مَذْؤُومًا in the Kur [vii. 17] means Blamed: (TA:) or driven away: (M, TA:) or, accord. to Lh and Mujáhid, banished. (T, TA. *)