condemn
/kənˈdɛm/ verb B2- To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate. · The president condemned the terrorists.
- To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence · The judge condemned him to death.· She was condemned to life in prison.
- To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom. · Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.
- To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation. · The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
He/she/it condemns · Past condemned · Past participle condemned · -ing form condemning
Verb forms
- Base form
- condemn
- He/she/it
- condemns
- Past
- condemned
- Past participle
- condemned
- -ing form
- condemning
From the library
Therefore being condemned by each for his treachery, he was driven forth from the light of day, and henceforth concealed himself in dark hiding-places, flying always alone and at night.
Some time after, the Shepherd, being imprisoned on a false accusation, was condemned “to be cast to the Lions” as the punishment for his imputed crime.
He had frequently called for capital punishment on criminals, and owing to his irresistible eloquence they had been condemned, and yet the slightest shadow of remorse had never clouded Villefort’s brow, because they were guilty; at least, he believed so; but here was an innocent man whose happiness he had destroyed.
Dantès was then guilty, and now he is innocent, and it is as much my duty to free him as it was to condemn him.” Villefort thus forestalled any danger of an inquiry, which, however improbable it might be, if it did take place would leave him defenceless.
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