condemn
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment: to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.
to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring: His acts condemn him.
to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service: to condemn an old building.
U.S. Law. to acquire ownership of for a public purpose, under the right of eminent domain: The city condemned the property.
to force into a specific state or activity: His lack of education condemned him to a life of menial jobs.
to doom to eternal punishment in hell.
to declare incurable.
Origin of condemn
1synonym study For condemn
Opposites for condemn
Other words from condemn
- con·dem·na·ble [kuhn-dem-nuh-buhl], /kənˈdɛm nə bəl/, adjective
- con·dem·na·bly, adverb
- con·demn·er [kuhn-dem-er], /kənˈdɛm ər/, con·dem·nor [kuhn-dem-er, kuhn-dem-nawr], /kənˈdɛm ər, kən dɛmˈnɔr/, noun
- con·demn·ing·ly, adverb
- re·con·demn, verb (used with object)
- self-con·demn·ing, adjective
- un·con·dem·na·ble, adjective
- un·con·demn·ing, adjective
- un·con·demn·ing·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with condemn
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How to use condemn in a sentence
The U.S. condemns the Kurds' intent to form a separate nation in northern Iraq, even as Israel and Turkey back the plan.
Update: Russia officially condemns Prince's words 'if spoken' as "propaganda" and "unacceptable, outrageous and low."
Charles's Hitler-Putin Comparison Shows Why Many Believe He Is Not Fit To Be King | Tom Sykes | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMorrissey condemns William for hunting, and says he hopes his gun will 'backfire in his face'
He writes beautifully about the power of friendship, and vehemently condemns slavery.
New Year’s Reading List: Books to Transform Your Sad Life | David Masciotra | January 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDS: Is our history based on some kind of belief or ignorance that condemns us to repeat that cycle again and again, in new places?
The American Prophet of Delusion: Robert Stone in Conversation | David Samuels | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
And when a woman condemns a man unheard she's much more merciful than when she condemns him after listening to his pleadings.
Jaffery | William J. LockeI said, "What the law of nature itself condemns, it is out of the power of any man to make lawful."
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeThere again, if he defends the man a little, he condemns the poet.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliConstantius convokes the Council of Arles, which condemns Arianism.
Even in the act of doing it a man condemns himself; much more so there.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
British Dictionary definitions for condemn
/ (kənˈdɛm) /
to express strong disapproval of; censure
to pronounce judicial sentence on
to demonstrate the guilt of: his secretive behaviour condemned him
to judge or pronounce unfit for use: that food has been condemned
to compel or force into a particular state or activity: his disposition condemned him to boredom
Origin of condemn
1Derived forms of condemn
- condemnable (kənˈdɛməbəl), adjective
- condemnably, adverb
- condemnation, noun
- condemner, noun
- condemningly, adverb
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