condemnverb [ T ]
uk/kənˈdem/us/kənˈdem/C2 to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons:
The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice.
The film was condemned for its sexism.
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- She was the only politician to condemn the proposed law on moral grounds .
- The president took the unusual step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack.
- Her refusal to condemn the violence left her open to the charge of positive support for the campaign .
- Prince Charles condemned the assertively modernist style of architecture.
- The Opposition has condemned the government's proposed tax increases.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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Phrasal verb(s)
condemn sb to (do) sth
condemn sb to sth