Overview of verb condemn

The verb condemn has 6 senses

• condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate -- (express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated")


• condemn -- (declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector")


• condemn -- (compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence")


• condemn -- (demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her")


• sentence, condemn, doom -- (pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison")


• condemn -- (appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway")

Overview of adj condemning

The adj condemning has 1 sense

• condemnatory, condemning -- (containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree")