单词 | condemnable |
释义 | condemnableadj. Worthy of condemnation or censure, culpable, blameable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > open to accusation chesounablea1340 challengeable1377 accusablea1525 answerable1527 condemnablea1586 responsible1648 imputable1660 chargeable1662 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > worthy of dispraise > worthy of condemnation damnablec1380 woefula1400 vituperablec1450 condemnablea1586 reprobate1593 vituperous1610 vituperious1612 censurable1635 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4v If in neyther of these Anatomies hee be condemnable. 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 155v To launch and lauish out wordes lewdly, is condemnable folly. 1675 W. Penn England's Present Interest 43 They are thus far condemnable upon the Foot of Prudence. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. xi. 370. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 37 Hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable. Derivatives conˈdemnably adv. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1586 |
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