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The meaning of CONDEMNED is declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil. How to use condemned in a sentence.
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.
viewed or spoken of with strong disapproval; judged as wrong or unacceptable, often formally: Apartheid, by universal agreement, is an inhumane, unjust, and condemned practice. doomed to eternal punishment in hell; damned: At the Last Judgment, condemned sinners will offer excuses in vain.
A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having committed a very serious crime, such as murder. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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.
be condemned (as something) The meat was condemned as unfit to eat. a condemned building; show guilt; condemn somebody to show or suggest that somebody is guilty of something. She is condemned out of her own mouth (= her own words show that she is guilty).
condemn. verb. /kənˈdɛm/. Verb Forms. express disapproval. condemn somebody/something (for/as something) to express very strong disapproval of someone or something, usually for moral reasons The government issued a statement condemning the killings.
