condemned

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condemned

  • /kənˈdɛmd/

Rhymes with -ɛmd

adjective

  1. not comparable Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.

    Similar: damned, doomed, fey, accursed, condemned, cursed, star-crossed, sunk, cussed, dead meat, done, finished · Opposite: blessed, saved

  2. not comparable Having been sharply scolded. Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his countr
  3. not comparable Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation. I have written 'was' because it seems that Great British Railways, which has already survived a near-death experience when Harper took over as Transport Secretary in the autumn, may well be back in the condemned cell.
  4. not comparable, of a building Officially marked uninhabitable. And she also faces the risk and the probability that her home will be condemned

noun condemned

  1. A person sentenced to death.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of condemn

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: guilty, unfit, confiscate, appropriated, taken, censured, confiscated, convicted, disapproved, seized, taken over, stigmatized, condemnation, offender, cursed, doomed

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adj having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally

Françaiscondamné
Русскийприговорённый prigovorjónnyj

adj having been sharply scolded

हिन्दीतिरस्कृत tiraskŕt
Françaiscondamné

adj adjudged or sentenced to punishment

العربيةمحكوم

adj officially marked uninhabitable

Русскийавари́йный avaríjnyj

noun person sentenced to death

日本語死刑囚 shikeishū
中文死囚 sǐqiú
Françaiscondamné, condamnée
DeutschTodeskandidat, Todeskandidatin

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@misc{condemned_2026,
  title = {condemned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/condemned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}