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- Dictionarycondemned/kənˈdɛmd/
adjective
- 1. sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death: "condemned prisoners awaiting execution" Similar
- 2. officially declared unfit for use: "condemned beef" Similar Opposite
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CONDEMN definition: 1. to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons: 2. to criticize…. Learn more.
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.
The meaning of CONDEMNATION is censure, blame. How to use condemnation in a sentence.
pronounced guilty; sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment: A condemned man has the right to know how the execution will proceed. deemed or declared unfit for use or service: One of the condemned buildings is going to be demolished to make room for luxury apartments.
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.
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."
CONDEMNED meaning: 1. A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having…. Learn more.
1. verb. If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable. Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence. [VERB noun] Graham was right to condemn his players for lack of ability, attitude and application. [VERB noun + for] ...a document that condemns sexism as a moral and social evil.
to say very strongly that you think something is bad, usually for moral reasons. condemn somebody/something The government issued a statement condemning the killings. condemn somebody/something for/as something The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
