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[ kuhn-dem-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / kənˈdɛm nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR condemnatory ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of condemnatoryFirst recorded in 1555–65; condemnat(ion) + -ory1 OTHER WORDS FROM condemnatoryself-con·dem·na·to·ry, adjectiveWords nearby condemnatoryconcyclic, cond., Condé, condemn, condemnation, condemnatory, condemned cell, condensable, condensate, condensation, condensation nucleus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for condemnatoryA few supported my efforts in the image review, but the vast majority came in the form of condemnatory allegations. Rebels Rise Again Over Flag Banning|Robert Khayat|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST He could not but act and reason with a mental independence as hateful to James as to Henry Howard, and as condemnatory. Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing They, in General Assembly, passed five condemnatory acts against witchcraft between the years 1640 and 1649. The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant Cork's air became judicial, proprietary, condemnatory, yet sympathetic. Strictly Business|O. Henry
The remark is rather characteristic of the speaker than condemnatory of John Worsley, the schoolmaster in question. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various You take the whole set of condemnatory doctrines into your hands and settle your own fate beforehand. A Singular Life|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
British Dictionary definitions for condemnatory/ (ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪtərɪ, kənˈdɛmnətərɪ, -trɪ) /
adjectiveexpressing strong disapproval or censure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to condemnatorydamaging, damning, compromising, convicting, accusatory, captious, carping, complaining, critical, disparaging, fault-finding, hypercritical, severe, overcritical, caviling, chiding, condemning, denouncing, disapproving, reprehending |