condemn

Meaning

1. (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
2. (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
3. (transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
4. (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.
6. (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
7. (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
8. (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
9. (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
10. (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
11. (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
12. (transitive) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

Synonyms

sentence

censure

blame

convict

doom

rebuke

denounce

disapprove

reproach

criticize

reprimand

reprove

revile

judge

🧑‍⚖️

criticise

scold

slander

disapprove of

reprobate

decry

damn

reject

deprecate

despise

find guilty

vilify

issue judgement against

speak ill of

excoriate

abuse

curse

deplore

objurgate

accuse

adjudge

adjudicate

admonish

castigate

chase

chase away

chastise

criminate

decline

defame

disagree

disallow

disavow

dismiss

drive away

emboss

expel

find fault

insult

look down on

proscribe

refuse

relay

repel

repulse

resend

send back

shun

spurn

tool

upbraid

withhold

find fault with

look askance at

frown on

fulminate

get at

give

give up

gossip

hurl

impeach

impugn

incriminate

demn

chide

chasten

label

🏷️

lash

lecture

meet up with

look down upon

meet with

menace

caution

penalize

pass judgment

protest

punish

catch up with

referee

reflect upon

catch up

allege

tsk

reprehend

cane

calumniate

call

brand

tut-tut

affront

berate

belittle

scorch

scourge

express disapproval

beat

bring misfortune

award

smack

court verdict

stigmatize

swear

talk

🗣️

thrash

give evidence against

tut

give verdict

animadvert

vituperate

denunciate

decide

contempt

warn

whip

consult

written judgment

discipline

discountenance

discredit

disgrace

anathematise

disparage

disregard

comment

comminate

anathematize

examine

come across

execrate

4

frown upon

clapperclaw

flog

Translations

condamner

condenar

verurteilen

veroordelen

verdammen

censurar

réprouver

reprobar

blâmer

maudire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈdɛm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: condempnen

Cognate with Middle English: fordemen

Cognate with Old English: fordeman

In summary

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.