English Explanatory Dictionary

condemn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.
To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
To declare (a vessel) to be unfit for service.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

Pronunciation

/kənˈdɛm/ /kənˈdɪm/ en-us-condemn.ogg

Word forms

condemn condemns condemning condemned

Etymology

From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.

Synonyms

admonish objurgate upbraid animadvert bash bawl out slash lash blame scorch blast berate berisp castigate censure charge chastise chew out chide condemn criticize denounce denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for inveigh lace into lambaste lay into lecture light into pooh-pooh put someone on blast rate read somebody the riot act rebuke reprehend reprimand reproach reprove rip into rubbish savage scold skewer slam slate tear into

Antonyms

acquit clear vindicate acquittance assoil assoilzie absolve disculp disculpate exculpate exonerate save

Related words

condemnable condemnation

Derived words

condemnee condemner condemn to forecondemn precondemn recondemn uncondemn

Translations

Catalan: clausurar Catalan: declarar inhabitable Catalan: declarar ruïna Chinese Mandarin: 判定不宜居住 Finnish: todeta asumiskelvottomaksi French: condamner German: für abrissreif erklären Hungarian: (le)bontásra ítél Hungarian: (le)bontását elrendeli Norwegian: kondemnere Portuguese: condenar Spanish: clausurar

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