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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.
CONDEMNED definition: 1. A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having…. Learn more.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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).
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. The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity. Join us.
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 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.
