condemn
About 3.46 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
The president condemned the terrorists.
- verb To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- verb To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
The judge condemned him to death.
- verb To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- verb To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.
Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.
- verb To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- verb To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- verb To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
Similar words
decry objurgate doom sentence excoriate condemnation censure denounce damn disapprove
Often followed by
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Word family
condemnable condemnatory condemned condemner condemners condemning condemnor condemnors condemns
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