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Learn the meaning of condemned as an adjective, with synonyms, word history, and examples. Find out how to use condemned in a sentence and explore related words and phrases.
Learn the meaning of condemn, a verb that can mean to criticize strongly, to punish severely, or to decide something is not safe. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples in different contexts.
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
