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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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The meaning of CONDEMNED is declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil. How to use condemned in a sentence.
to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons: The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice. The film was condemned for its sexism. Synonyms. attack (CRITICIZE) castigate formal. censure formal. chastise (CRITICIZE) formal. criticize. damn (BLAME) decry formal. denounce (CRITICIZE)
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
You can condemn, or openly criticize, someone who is behaving inappropriately. If you are an animal rights activist, you would probably condemn someone for wearing fur. Condemn originally comes, through Old French, from the Latin word condemnāre, "to sentence, condemn."
1. : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation. a policy widely condemned as racist. 2. a. : to pronounce guilty : convict. b. : sentence, doom. condemn a prisoner to die. 3. : to adjudge unfit for use or consumption. condemn an old apartment building. 4.
1. to express strong disapproval of; censure. 2. to pronounce judicial sentence on. 3. to demonstrate the guilt of. his secretive behaviour condemned him. 4. to judge or pronounce unfit for use.
Definition of condemn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
