condemn
verb /kənˈdem/
/kənˈdem/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they condemn | /kənˈdem/ /kənˈdem/ |
| he / she / it condemns | /kənˈdemz/ /kənˈdemz/ |
| past simple condemned | /kənˈdemd/ /kənˈdemd/ |
| past participle condemned | /kənˈdemd/ /kənˈdemd/ |
| -ing form condemning | /kənˈdemɪŋ/ /kənˈdemɪŋ/ |
- 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- She publicly condemned the deal.
- She publicly condemned the opposition leader.
- The President specifically condemned the ads.
- The action has been widely condemned by human rights groups.
- They rightly condemn such opinions as racist.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- roundly
- strongly
- vehemently
- …
- for
- be widely condemned
- [usually passive] to say what somebody’s punishment will be synonym sentence
- be condemned (to something) He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged.
- be condemned to do something She was condemned to hang for killing her husband.
- [usually passive] to force somebody to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation synonym doom
- be condemned to something He was condemned to a life of hardship.
- be condemned to do something They were condemned to spend every holiday on a rainy campsite.
- [usually passive] to say officially that something is not safe enough to be used
- be condemned (as something) The meat was condemned as unfit to eat.
- a condemned building
- condemn somebody to show or suggest that somebody is guilty of something
- She is condemned out of her own mouth (= her own words show that she is guilty).
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Word OriginMiddle English (in senses (2) and (3)): from Old French condemner, from Latin condemnare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + damnare ‘inflict loss on’, from damnum ‘loss, damage’.