Dictionary entry details
• CONDEMN (verb)
Meaning:
Express strong disapproval of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
condemn; decry; excoriate; objurgate; reprobate
Context examples:
We condemn the racism in South Africa / These ideas were reprobated
Hypernyms (to "condemn" is one way to...):
denounce (speak out against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Declare or judge unfit
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The building was condemned by the inspector
Hypernyms (to "condemn" is one way to...):
declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)
"Condemn" entails doing...:
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "condemn"):
boo; hiss (show displeasure, as after a performance or speech)
explode (drive from the stage by noisy disapproval)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Compel or force into a particular state or activity
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence
Hypernyms (to "condemn" is one way to...):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
Her strange behavior condemned her
Hypernyms (to "condemn" is one way to...):
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "condemn"):
attaint (condemn by attainder)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
sentence; doom; condemn
Context example:
He was condemned to ten years in prison
Hypernyms (to "condemn" is one way to...):
declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)
"Condemn" entails doing...:
convict (find or declare guilty)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "condemn"):
foredoom (doom beforehand)
reprobate (abandon to eternal damnation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They want to condemn the prisoners
