Adjective: condemning kun'de-ming- Containing or imposing condemnation or censure
"a condemning decree"; - condemnatory Verb: condemn kun'dem- Express strong disapproval of
"We condemn the racism in South Africa"; - reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate - Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
"The building was condemned by the inspector" - Compel or force into a particular state or activity
"His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence" - Demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
"Her strange behaviour condemned her" - (law) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
"He was condemned to ten years in prison"; - sentence, doom - Appropriate (property) for public use
"the county condemned the land to build a highway"
See also: inculpative [archaic], inculpatory [archaic] Type of: attach, attest, certify, compel, confiscate, declare, demonstrate, denounce, denunciate, evidence, impound, manifest, obligate, oblige, pronounce, seize, sequester, sequestrate Encyclopedia: Condemn |