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- Dictionarycondemned/kənˈdemd/
adjective
- 1. sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death: "condemned prisoners awaiting execution" Similar
- 2. officially declared unfit for use: "a street full of condemned buildings and burnt-out cars" Similar Opposite
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to show disapproval of someone or something. criticize He criticized the government's handling of the crisis. attack She wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted. condemn She was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
The meaning of CONDEMNED is declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil. How to use condemned in a sentence.
CONDEMNED definition: 1. A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having…. Learn more.
Condemned definition: pronounced guilty; sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment. See examples of CONDEMNED used in a sentence.
adjective. 1. under sentence of death. prison officers who had sat with the condemned man during his last days. 2. judged or pronounced unfit for use. They took over a condemned 1960s tower block last year for one night. a multimillion-pound trade in condemned meat. Collins English Dictionary.
to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment: to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment. Antonyms: liberate, exculpate, exonerate. 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.
1. To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food. See Synonyms at criticize. 2. To pronounce judgment against; sentence: condemned the felons to prison. 3. To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order: condemn an old building. 4.
1. verb. If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable. Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence. [VERB noun] Graham was right to condemn his players for lack of ability, attitude and application. [VERB noun + for] ...a document that condemns sexism as a moral and social evil.
The meaning of CONDEMNATION is censure, blame. How to use condemnation in a sentence.
1. to express strong disapproval of; censure. 2. (Law) to pronounce judicial sentence on. 3. to demonstrate the guilt of: his secretive behaviour condemned him. 4. to judge or pronounce unfit for use: that food has been condemned. 5. to compel or force into a particular state or activity: his disposition condemned him to boredom.
